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The Key and the Countermeasures Research of Shale Gas Fracturing Technology


The Open Petroleum Engineering Journal , 2015, 8: 325-332

Yong Tang, Bin Wang, Fanhua Zeng, Jun Wang

The State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology & Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China.

Electronic publication date 19/8/2015
[DOI: 10.2174/1874834101508010325]




Abstract:

Shale gas resources are abundantly distributed with low porosity and permeability. Horizontal well and fracturing are prior considerations. Fracturing is a widely-used technology to enhance gas production. In this paper, the author (a) investigated the present stimulation of Barnett and Haynesvile gas fields (Fig. 1) in America, Sichuan basin (Fig. 2) in China and Cooper basin (Fig. 3) in Australia; (b) compared different characteristics and limitations of multi-stage fracturing, water-fracturing, simultaneous fracturing, net fracturing, refracturing and hydraulic jet fracturing; (c) analyzed the critical point of the shale fracturing; (d) offered solutions to the fracturing fluid manufacture, selection and improvement of the fracturing fluids, fractures extension, equipments, fracturing effect evaluation and reservoir protection. It has a farreaching significance to improve fracturing and stimulation of shale gas reservoirs, in view of the high risk, low success ratio and poor stimulation effect the shale gas exploration would face.


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