Hydraulic Fracturing Behavior in Shale with Water and Supercritical CO2 under Triaxial Compression
Table 1
Summary of the fracturing experiments results.
No.
Bedding plane angle
Fracturing fluid
(MPa)
(MPa)
(ml/s)
(MPa)
W1
0°
Water
25
20
0.3
70.37
W2
15°
Water
25
20
0.3
59.78
W3
30°
Water
25
20
0.3
51.77
W4
45°
Water
25
20
0.3
53.09
W5
60°
Water
25
20
0.3
59.52
W6
75°
Water
25
20
0.3
50.13
W7
90°
Water
25
20
0.3
42.45
W8
0°
Water
30
20
0.3
61.89
W9
0°
Water
35
20
0.3
57.02
W10
90°
Water
30
20
0.3
38.91
W11
90°
Water
35
20
0.3
34.53
W12
0°
Water
25
20
0.2
54.56
W13
15°
Water
25
20
0.2
44.21
W14
30°
Water
25
20
0.2
42.29
W15
45°
Water
25
20
0.2
49.86
W16
60°
Water
25
20
0.2
46.82
W17
75°
Water
25
20
0.2
43.02
W18
90°
Water
25
20
0.2
39.14
S1
0°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.3
52.15
S2
15°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.3
41.81
S3
30°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.3
42.91
S4
45°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.3
39.94
S5
60°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.3
44.46
S6
75°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.3
45.75
S7
90°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.3
38.04
S8
0°
SC-CO2
30
20
0.3
43.20
S9
0°
SC-CO2
35
20
0.3
41.31
S10
90°
SC-CO2
30
20
0.3
30.08
S11
90°
SC-CO2
35
20
0.3
28.88
S12
0°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.2
40.51
S13
15°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.2
36.38
S14
30°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.2
34.42
S15
45°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.2
35.89
S16
60°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.2
32.31
S17
75°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.2
34.49
S18
90°
SC-CO2
25
20
0.2
31.09
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.