Research Article

Migration Law and Influence of Proppant in Segmented Multicluster Fracturing Wellbore of Deep Shale Horizontal Well

Table 1

Basic parameter setting of numerical simulation.

ParameterUnitNumerical intervalReference value

Reservoir parameters
 Young’s modulusGPa35
 Poisson’s ratio/0.2
 Minimum horizontal main stressGPa60
 Fracture toughnessmPa·m0.51.5
Construction parameters
 Fracturing section lengthm50
 Number of single perforation clusters/5
 Cluster spacingm10
 Displacementm3·min-110~1612
 Fracturing fluid viscositymPa·s5 ~10012
 Proppant typeQuartz sand
 Proppant densitykg·m-32310
 Proppant particle sizeMesh20~10040/70 (500 μm)
 Sand ratio%5 ~ 3010