Research Article

Experimental Study on the Stress Sensitivity and Influence Factors of Shale under Varying Stress

Table 2

Statistic analysis results of the relationships of the porosity and permeability of shale with the effective stress.

Sample IDCompressibility 
m/MPa−1
Porosity
/%
Coefficient
n/MPa−1
Permeability K0/10−3µm2

10.10932.38580.96430.086640.007680.9724
20.14572.65890.93410.122230.007580.9838
30.15863.07530.92980.119810.009900.9705
40.17203.18220.91330.120130.010230.9689
50.28143.63180.99870.102710.006710.9615
Maximum value0.28143.63180.99870.122230.010230.9838
Minimum value0.10932.38580.91330.086640.006710.9615
Average value0.17342.98680.94800.110300.008420.9714

is the correlation coefficient of the porosity and effective stress of shale; is the correlation coefficient of the permeability and effective stress of shale.