Research Article

Well Performance Simulation and Parametric Study for Different Refracturing Scenarios in Shale Reservoir

Table 1

Reservoir and wellbore geometry parameters for the simulation model.

ParameterSymbolValueUnits

Well radius0.1m
Bottomhole flowing pressure15MPa
Initial reservoir pressure20MPa
Transient shape factor81/m2
Pseudosteady state shape factor11/m2
Initial porosity0.05
Natural fracture porosity0.001
Portion of kerogen grain volume in total shale core grain volume0.1
Inorganic matrix permeability1 × 10−7μm2
Elastic modulus22GPa
Poisson ratio0.2
Initial conductivity of hydraulic fractures0.1D·cm
Hydraulic fracture half-length70m
Maximum principal stress40MPa
Minimum principal stress36MPa
Reservoir thickness50m
Langmuir volume3 × 10−3m3/kg
Langmuir pressure6MPa
Molecular mass0.016kg/mol
Surface diffusion coefficient1 × 10−7m2/s
Length of horizontal well395m
Reservoir temperature85°C