Research Article

Evaluation of Improving Water Flooding Technology by Volume Fracturing of Water Injection Wells in Complex Fractured Reservoirs: A Case Study of Chang 6 Reservoirs in Huaqing Oilfield, Ordos Basin

Table 1

Fracture characteristics and realization difficulty of volume fracturing under different two-dimensional horizontal principal stress difference.

(σH-σh)/MPaFracture characteristicsRealization difficulty of volume fracturing

>10Single crackLarge difficulty and small transformation volume
>5Mainly single crackVolume fracturing is difficult, and the reconstruction volume is small
<5Volume crackEasy volume fracturing and large reconstruction volume