Shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11624273-B2
Application number	US-202217654546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2022
Priority date	Mar 16, 2021
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of oil-gas field development, and discloses a shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device and method. The shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device comprises a liquid supply system, a confining pressure loading system, a fracturing system, an energizing system and a recovery system, wherein the liquid supply system is used for storing fluid and can inject the fluid into the fracturing system; the fracturing system can bear a test piece, receive the fluid injected by the liquid supply system and serve as seepage space of the fluid; the confining pressure loading system is used for providing simulated confining pressure for the test piece; the energizing system is used for simulating an energizing effect on a test piece after fracturing liquid is injected; and the recovery system is used for collecting discharged liquid and separating and metering the discharged liquid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device, comprising a liquid supply system, a confining pressure loading system, a fracturing system, an energizing system and a recovery system, wherein
the liquid supply system is used for storing fluid and can inject the fluid into the fracturing system;
the fracturing system comprises a plurality of loading plates installed around a test piece and connected to a large true triaxial loading servo supercharger in the confining pressure loading system (II) for applying confining pressure to the test piece; the fracturing system can bear the test piece, the fracturing system is used for simulating a rock medium of a tight reservoir and boundary conditions around the rock medium, receives the fluid injected by the liquid supply system and serves as a seepage space of the fluid, and the fracturing system is configured to be capable of maintaining own temperature; the loading plate comprises a hydraulic piston, a fixator and a pressure plate, and the pressure plate is connected with the test piece;
the confining pressure loading system is connected with the fracturing system and used for providing simulated confining pressure for the test piece, and the confining pressure loading system can maintain stable stress conditions in the horizontal and vertical directions for the test piece;
the energizing system is connected with the fracturing system and used for simulating an energy supplementing effect on a formation after fracturing liquid is injected; and the recovery system is used for collecting liquid discharged from the fracturing system, and the recovery system can control the pressure of the fracturing system (III) and separate and meter the discharged liquid;
the confining pressure loading system comprises the large true triaxial loading servo supercharger, a true triaxial loading instrument hydraulic source and a true triaxial loading instrument controller, the true triaxial loading instrument hydraulic source is in fluid connection with the large true triaxial loading servo supercharger so as to provide a hydraulic source for the large true triaxial loading servo supercharger;
the true triaxial loading instrument controller is connected with the large true triaxial loading servo supercharger;
the large true triaxial loading servo supercharger is connected with the loading plates so as to provide confining pressure for the test piece; and
the energizing system comprises a high-pressure energy storage tank, the high-pressure energy storage tank is filled with a constant-pressure medium located on an upper portion and an energizing fluid located on the lower portion, and a lower portion of the high-pressure energy storage tank is connected with the fracturing system so as to simulate an energizing effect after fracturing liquid is injected.

2. The shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid supply system comprises a plurality of liquid storage containers, the liquid storage containers are respectively used for storing different types of fluids, and the fluids in the liquid storage containers communicate with the fracturing system.

3. The shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the liquid storage containers is configured to be capable of controlling the internal pressure of the liquid storage container, and a flow meter is arranged on a pipeline between the liquid supply system and the fracturing system.

4. The shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device according to claim 1 , wherein the fracturing system comprises movable loading plates, the loading plates are arranged around the test piece, and the confining pressure loading system is connected with the loading plates so as to provide confining pressure for the test piece.

5. The shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device according to claim 1 , wherein the test piece is a core sample for a shale oil reservoir, and the core sample for a shale oil reservoir is arranged in the fracturing system so as to simulate a shale medium of a shale oil reservoir and boundary conditions around the shale medium of the shale oil reservoir.

6. The shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device according to claim 1 , wherein the fracturing system comprises warmers and acoustic emission probes, the warmers are connected with the test piece so as to control the temperature of the test piece, and the acoustic emission probes are arranged around the test piece so as to monitor a damage condition of the test piece.

7. The shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device according to claim 1 , wherein the recovery system comprises a back pressure valve, a back pressure pump, a buffer tank and an oil-water separation meter, the back pressure valve is connected with the output end of the fracturing system, and the oil-water separation meter is connected with the back pressure valve so as to collect, separate and meter liquid extracted from the fracturing system; and the back pressure pump is connected with the back pressure valve through the buffer tank so as to control bottom hole pressure in a production process.

8. A shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental method, wherein the method uses the shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device according to claim 1 , and the method comprises the following steps:
a preparation stage: injecting crude oil into the test piece in a fracturing system so that the internal pressure of the fracturing system reaches a first preset pressure (P1), and recording a first volume (VI) of the injected crude oil; heating a core sample for a shale oil reservoir for simulating a shale medium of a shale oil reservoir and boundary conditions around the shale medium of the shale oil reservoir to a preset temperature (T1), and stabilizing the test piece for a first period of time (t1);
a fracturing stage: injecting fracturing liquid into the fracturing system through a liquid supply system for a fracturing experiment in which the injection time of the fracturing liquid is a second period of time (t2), and metering a second volume (V2) of the injected fracturing liquid;
a soak stage: starting the energizing system so as to maintain the pressure of the fracturing system at the first preset pressure (P1), maintaining the fracturing system at the preset temperature (T1) so that the shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device is stabilized for a third period of time (t3) and the crude oil and the fracturing liquid in the test piece form a mixed fluid;
a recovery stage: controlling the pressure of the fracturing system to be a second preset pressure (P2) through the recovery system, and separating and metering the mixed fluid through the recovery system to obtain primary extracted crude oil and fracturing liquid; metering a third volume (V3) of the primary extracted crude oil and a fourth volume (V4) of the extracted fracturing liquid; and
an oil recovery agent huff-n-puff stage: closing the recovery system, injecting the oil recovery agent into the fracturing system by utilizing the liquid supply system, performing oil recovery agent huff and puff so that the pressure in the fracturing system reaches a third preset pressure (P3) and the shale oil fracturing synchronous energizing simulation experimental device is stabilized for a fourth period of time (t4); opening the recovery system, reducing the pressure of the fracturing system to a fourth preset pressure (P4), and collecti

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum East China

Inventors

• Wang Sen
• Feng Qihong
• Wang Yichun
• Zhang Xianmin
• Zhang Jiyuan
• Shi Xian

Classifications

• G01N33/24

  Earth materials (G01N33/42 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E21B43/26 Primary

  by forming crevices or fractures · CPC title

• E21B47/06

  Measuring temperature or pressure · CPC title

• G01N3/12

  Pressure testing · CPC title

• E21B49/00

  Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells · CPC title