Research Article

Hydraulic Fracturing Behavior in Shale with Water and Supercritical CO2 under Triaxial Compression

Table 1

Summary of the fracturing experiments results.

No.Bedding plane angleFracturing fluid (MPa) (MPa) (ml/s) (MPa)

W1Water25200.370.37
W215°Water25200.359.78
W330°Water25200.351.77
W445°Water25200.353.09
W560°Water25200.359.52
W675°Water25200.350.13
W790°Water25200.342.45
W8Water30200.361.89
W9Water35200.357.02
W1090°Water30200.338.91
W1190°Water35200.334.53
W12Water25200.254.56
W1315°Water25200.244.21
W1430°Water25200.242.29
W1545°Water25200.249.86
W1660°Water25200.246.82
W1775°Water25200.243.02
W1890°Water25200.239.14
S1SC-CO225200.352.15
S215°SC-CO225200.341.81
S330°SC-CO225200.342.91
S445°SC-CO225200.339.94
S560°SC-CO225200.344.46
S675°SC-CO225200.345.75
S790°SC-CO225200.338.04
S8SC-CO230200.343.20
S9SC-CO235200.341.31
S1090°SC-CO230200.330.08
S1190°SC-CO235200.328.88
S12SC-CO225200.240.51
S1315°SC-CO225200.236.38
S1430°SC-CO225200.234.42
S1545°SC-CO225200.235.89
S1660°SC-CO225200.232.31
S1775°SC-CO225200.234.49
S1890°SC-CO225200.231.09

Note: denotes axial stress; denotes confining pressure; denotes injection rate; denotes breakdown pressure which is the pressure value of fracturing fluid when the specimen is fractured.