Research Article

Experimental Study on Spontaneous Imbibition Characteristics of Fracturing Fluid at Cores from Different Layers in Fuling Shale Gas Reservoir

Table 5

Estimation of fracturing scale.

LayerFracturing fluid utilization(%)Fracturing fluid injection volume (m3)Volume of fracturing fluid flowback (m3)Coefficient in Equation (1)Coefficient in Equation (1)Time of fracturing fluid entry into the reservoir (h)Fracturing cracks area (m3)

The lower layer0.984500022500.1520.69114474957
The upper layer0.984500022500.190.72114374189