Research Article

Deformation Behavior between Hydraulic and Natural Fractures Using Fully Coupled Hydromechanical Model with XFEM

Table 1

Model parameters for the seepage-stress coupling analysis.

ItemValue

Young’s modulus, (GPa)30
Poisson’s ratio, 0.25
Biot coefficient, 0.85
Rock permeability, (mD)0.1
Rock porosity, 0.08
Bulk modulus of rock, (GPa)134.6
Coefficient between real and ideal fractures, 1.3
Bulk modulus of wetting phase, (GPa)2.2
Viscosity of wetting phase, (mPa⋅s)1
Liquid injection rate, (m3/min)10
Reservoir thickness, (m)30
Density of wetting phase, (kg/m3)1000
Volume factor of wetting phase, 1.05