干热岩热储柔性造储技术研究与实践

Research and Practice of Flexible Reservoir Stimulation Technology for Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Reservoirs

  • 摘要: 干热岩岩体具有温度高、硬度高、地应力高、水平两向应力差高等“四高”特征,面临着破裂压力高、复杂缝网形成难、改造体积小、诱发微震等技术挑战,现有的非常规油气压裂改造技术不适用。针对该问题,利用大尺寸干热岩露头岩样,通过物理模拟试验,研究了不同地质条件和工程条件对破裂压力、裂缝扩展复杂性以及产生的微地震信号数量与能级的影响,并基于所获认识,提出降低破裂压力、提高压裂裂缝复杂性与防止诱发微震于一体的干热岩柔性造储技术,并在青海共和、江苏兴化、海南海口等地进行了矿场实践。研究结果表明:干热岩压裂首先开启天然裂缝,并沿着天然裂缝延伸,注入CO2可使破裂压力降低30%、AE能级约降低15%;变排量循环注入易激发和诱导复杂裂缝形成;天然裂缝、大温差效应、滑溜水与超临界CO2交替注入等为干热岩形成复杂裂缝的主控因素。实践表明,该技术现场效果良好,研究并推广应用该技术可促进干热岩热储体积改造技术发展,支撑我国干热岩资源动用。

     

    Abstract: Hot dry rock masses are characterized by four characteristics: high temperature, high hardness, high in-situ stress, and a high differential horizontal in-situ stress, and they face technical challenges such as high breakdown pressure, difficulty in forming complex fracture networks, small stimulated reservoir volume, and induced strong microseisms. Therefore, existing unconventional oil and gas fracturing technologies are not applicable. To address this problem, physical simulation experiments were conducted using large-scale hot dry rock outcrop samples to study the effects of different geological and engineering conditions on the breakdown pressure, fracture propagation complexity, and the number and energy level of induced micro-seismic signals. Based on the obtained insights, a flexible reservoir stimulation technology for hot dry rock, which integrated reducing the breakdown pressure, improving the fracture complexity, and preventing the induction of strong microseisms, was proposed, and field practices were conducted in areas such as Gonghe of Qinghai, Xinghua of Jiangsu, and Haikou of Hainan. The results indicate that hot dry rock fracturing first opens natural fractures and propagates along the natural fractures; injecting CO2 reduces the breakdown pressure by 30% and the AE energy level by about 15%; cyclic alternating injection easily triggers and induces the formation of complex fractures; natural fractures, large thermal differential effects, and alternating injection of slickwater and supercritical CO2 are the main controlling factors for forming complex fractures in hot dry rock. Practices indicate that this technology shows good field effects. Study and promotion of the application of this technology can promote the development of stimulated reservoir volume technologies for hot dry rock and support the utilization of hot dry rock resources in China.

     

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