For the purpose of enhancing recovery and economics of shale resource,it is a critical task for petroleum engineers to determine the optimal well spacing in the industry development of shale play.By using various approaches including analogs,numerical simulation and economic assessment based on the theoretical understanding,this paper integrated interference response simulation based on multi-well pattern with history data matching to establish a comprehensive workflow for identifying production interference and optimizing well spacing.The workflow is threefold: firstly, a general semi-analytical model for the distance of pressure investigation was presented to calculate the interference time through fracture and rock matrix; secondly,a method of interference measurement was introduced to quantify production interference by searching for changes in buildup trends while wells are staggered on/off production; finally,a numerical model of coupling geological and fracture geometry information was proposed to optimize well spacing in multiple-well pattern with purpose of maximizing the objective function of net present value.In this paper, Ning 201 well block in Changning pilot area is taken for example, the simulation results show that ①fracture conductivity is more important in short-term production period, while fracture half-length becomes more significant at long-term production period; ②there is a potential of decreasing well spacing from 300-400 m to 260-320 m, with the increasing number of production wells by 20%-30% and enhancing recovery of reservoirs by 10%; ③the value of NPV would increase with the production period elongating, but the optimal well spacing kept constant regardless of the duration of production period.
Keywords:Multiple fractured horizontal well
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Fracture hit
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Interference
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Well spacing optimization
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Net present value
CHEN Jing-yuan, WEI Yun-sheng, WANG Jun-lei, YU Wei, QI Ya-dong, WU Jian-fa, LUO Wan-jing. Interwell-production interference and well spacing optimization in shale gas reservoir. Natural Gas Geoscience[J], 2021, 32(7): 931-940 doi:10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2021.05.002
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