Changes in the anisotropic permeability of low-rank coal under varying effective stress in Fukang mining area, China

被引:82
作者
Wang, Zhenzhi [1 ,2 ]
Pan, Jienan [1 ,2 ]
Hou, Quanlin [3 ]
Niu, Qinghe [1 ]
Tian, Jijun [4 ]
Wang, Haichao [4 ]
Fu, Xuehai [5 ]
机构
[1] Henan Polytech Univ, Sch Resources & Environm, Jiaozuo 454000, Peoples R China
[2] Collaborat Innovat Ctr Coalbed Methane & Shale Ga, Jiaozuo, Henan, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth Sci, Key Lab Computat Geodynam, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[4] Xinjiang Univ, Inst Geol & Min Engn, Urumqi 830047, Xinjiang, Peoples R China
[5] China Univ Min & Technol, Key Lab Coalbed Methane Resource & Reservoir Form, Minist Educ, Xuzhou 221008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Anisotropic characteristic; P-wave velocity; CBM reservoir; Permeability dynamic variation; Pumping water; METHANE PRODUCTION; SUBBITUMINOUS COALS; WAVE VELOCITY; PORE PRESSURE; GAS-FLOW; POROSITY; CLEATS; COALIFICATION; REFLECTANCE; COMPRESSION;
D O I
10.1016/j.fuel.2018.08.013
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Fractures are coalbed methane (CBM) migration pathways and key factors in determining coal reservoir permeability. During the depletion of CBM wells, the increase of effective stress with water pumping and gas desorption will affect gas production by changing reservoir permeability. However, the current understanding of the impacts of fracturing in different directions on CBM recovery is inadequate. In this work, we collected 4 types of cubic coal samples (samples cut parallel to face and butt cleats and perpendicular to the bedding plane) from the Fukang mining area in China to investigate the anisotropic characteristics of P-wave velocity, fractures and permeability under varying effective stresses from 3.5 to 8.5 MPa in the laboratory. The results indicate that the permeability exponentially decreased with increasing P-wave velocity. The acoustic wave velocities significantly decreased from direction perpendicular to the bedding plane to the butt cleat direction to the face cleat direction. However, the fracture aperture exhibited the opposite trend. The maximum acoustic wave velocities ratios of the perpendicular bedding plane direction to the parallel bedding plane direction are 1.12, 1.23, 1.05 and 1.15 for sample LY, DH, XG and QM, respectively. However, the ratios of butt cleat direction to face cleat direction are 1.23, 1.21, 1.01 and 1.07. A good coupling effect was detected between the aperture, porosity, connectivity, and permeability. The permeability decreased exponentially as the effective stress increased in the selected coal samples. Under the 3.5-6.5 MPa effective stress conditions, the permeability decreased rapidly, and from 6.5 to 8.5 MPa, the permeability decreased more slowly. Contrary to the permeability loss rate (PLR), the stress sensitivity coefficient and dimensionless permeability parallel to the bedding plane were greater than perpendicular to the bedding plane. The effective stress returned from 8.5 MPa to 3.5 MPa, and the permeability rebounded but did not fully recover. The irreversible permeability loss rate (IPLR) showed that the permeability was restored the least in the direction perpendicular to the bedding plane. The maximum IPLR ratios of the perpendicular to the bedding plane direction to the parallel bedding plane direction are 3.39, 5.34, 1.86 and 23.00 in sample LY, DH, XG and QM, respectively. According to the study of anisotropic fractures and permeability, multi-lateral well is recommended as the appropriate well type to obtain the optimal CBM recovery effect.
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页码:1481 / 1497
页数:17
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