CHEN Li-qiang, TIAN Shou-ceng, LI Gen-sheng, et al. Initiation pressure models for supercritical CO2 fracturing and sensitivity analysis[J]. 2015, 36(S2): 125-131.
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CHEN Li-qiang, TIAN Shou-ceng, LI Gen-sheng, et al. Initiation pressure models for supercritical CO2 fracturing and sensitivity analysis[J]. 2015, 36(S2): 125-131.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2015.S2.016.
Initiation pressure models for supercritical CO2 fracturing and sensitivity analysis
Considering the supercritical CO2’s characteristics of low viscosity and no surface tension
it is expected to be a new type of fracturing method for unconventional oil and gas reservoir. In this paper
we finally build the initiation pressure models for supercritical CO2 fracturing through the establishment of pressurization rate model of fluid in the wellbore
and compare with the breakdown pressure of water and liquid CO2. The results show that: the breakdown pressure of supercritical CO2 fluid is 20.5% less than liquid CO2 fluid
which is 75.5% less than conventional hydraulic fracturing breakdown pressure
which shows that breakdown pressure is significantly affected by the low viscosity and low pressurization rate of supercritical CO2. The error of this model is only less than 3% compared with experimental data in the literature
so as to indicate that the model can provide guidance for the prediction of supercritical CO2 fracturing initiation pressure.