Simulation of Shale Gas Reservoir Production Considering the Effects of the Adsorbed Water Layer and Flow Differences


ararefaction coefficient, dimensionlessbslip factor, dimensionless B g gas volume factor, dimensionless B w water volume factor, dimensionless C stress sensitivity coefficient (compressibility coefficient), MPa−1 D vertical depth of the fluid, m D c , 0 initial pore diameter, m D c effective pore diameter, mggravitational acceleration, 9.8 m/s2 h thickness of the grid block, m i , j , k are coordinates of the grid block, dimensionless k a absolute permeability, m2 K B Boltzmann constant, J·K−1 k c absolute permeability of inorganic matrix, m2 k crg relative permeability of gas in inorganic matrix, dimensionless k crw relative permeability of water in inorganic matrix, dimensionless k hfrg relative permeability of gas in hydraulic fractures, dimensionless k hfrw relative permeability of water in hydraulic fractures, dimensionless k hfr l relative permeability of l phase (either gas or water) in the fracture system k mfrg relative permeability of gas in microfractures, dimensionless k mfrw relative permeability of water in microfractures, dimensionless k mf 0 initial permeability of microfractures, m2 K n Knudsen number, dimensionless k o absolute permeability of organic matrix, m2 k s , mf permeability of microfractures considering stress sensitivity, m2 k s , hf permeability of hydraulic fractures considering stress sensitivity, m2 L length of a single inorganic nanochannel, mnnormal vector, dimensionless p c capillary pressure, MPa p cc capillary pressure in inorganic matrix, MPa p cg pressure of gas in inorganic matrix, MPa p cw pressure of water in inorganic matrix, MPa p cg 0 initial gas pressure in inorganic matrix, MPa p e displacement pressure, MPa p hfc capillary pressure in hydraulic fractures, MPa p hfg pressure of gas in hydraulic fractures, MPa p hfw pressure of water in hydraulic fractures, MPa p hfg 0 initial gas pressure in hydraulic fractures, MPa p Lo Langmuir pressure of organic matrix, MPa p Lc Langmuir pressure of inorganic matrix, MPa p mfc capillary pressure in microfractures, MPa p mfg pressure of gas in microfractures, MPa p mfw pressure of water in microfractures, MPa p mfg 0 initial gas pressure in microfractures, MPa p mf 0 initial pressure in microfractures, MPa p og gas pressure in organic matrix, MPa p og 0 initial gas pressure in organic matrix, MPa p wf bottomhole flowing pressure, MPa q c mf ,   g gas exchange term from inorganic matrix to microfractures, sm3/m3/s q c mf ,   w water exchange term from inorganic matrix to microfractures, sm3/m3/s q g volume of gas produced per unit volume of shale, sm3/m3/s q mf hf ,   g gas exchange term from microfractures to hydraulic fractures, sm3/m3/s q mf hf ,   w water exchange term from microfractures to hydraulic fractures, sm3/m3/s q o c ,   g gas exchange term from organic matrix to inorganic matrix, sm3/m3/s q w volume of water produced per unit volume of shale, sm3/m3/s r e equivalent radius of the grid block at the well location, m r n throat radius of the nanopores, m r w radius of the wellbore, m S skin factor, dimensionless s cg saturation of gas in inorganic matrix, dimensionless s cw saturation of water in inorganic matrix, dimensionless s cw 0 initial saturation of water in inorganic matrix, dimensionless s ew normalized water saturation, dimensionless s hfg saturation of gas in hydraulic fractures, dimensionless s hfw saturation of water in hydraulic fractures, dimensionless s hfw 0 initial saturation of water in hydraulic fractures, dimensionless s mfg saturation of gas in microfractures, dimensionless s mfw saturation of water in microfractures, dimensionless s mfw 0 initial saturation of water in microfractures, dimensionless s og gas saturation in organic matrix, dimensionless s wc irreducible water saturation, dimensionless V Lo Langmuir volume of organic matrix, m3/kg V Lc Langmuir volume of inorganic matrix, m3/kg Hamilton operator, dimensionless α shape factor, 1/m2 ϕ c porosity of inorganic matrix, dimensionless ϕ mf 0 initial porosity of microfractures, dimensionless ϕ o porosity of organic matrix, dimensionless ϕ s , hf porosity of hydraulic fractures considering stress sensitivity, dimensionless ϕ s , mf porosity of microfractures considering stress sensitivity, dimensionless λ distribution index of pore size, dimensionless λ g half-transmissibility of gas, m2/Pa/s λ w half-transmissibility of water, m2/Pa/s μ g viscosity of gas, MPa·s μ w viscosity of water, MPa·s ρ bi density of shale rock, kg/m3 ρ cg density of gas in inorganic matrix, kg/m3 ρ cw density of water in inorganic matrix, kg/m3 ρ hfg density of gas in hydraulic fractures, kg/m3 ρ hfw density of water in hydraulic fractures, kg/m3 ρ mfg density of gas in microfractures, kg/m3 ρ mfw density of water in microfractures, kg/m3 ρ og density of gas in organic matrix, kg/m3 δ effective collision diameter of gas molecules, m δ ( i , j , k ) Dirac function, dimensionless ξ permeability correction factor, dimensionless ξ c permeability correction factor of inorganic matrix, dimensionless ξ o permeability correction factor of organic matrix, dimensionless



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