There is an increasing focus on the effective methods to develop low-permeability reservoirs, especially for ultra-low permeability reservoirs. It is hard to achieve the expected stimulation effect only on the traditional single fracturing, because of the poor supply ability from the matrix to fracture in low-permeability reservoirs. Volume stimulating to reservoir, achieving short distance from matrix to fracture because of producing fracture network. So the volume fracturing technology proposed for increasing oil or gas production, this technology is suitable for low porosity and low permeability reservoir. The conventional simulation method can't describe the complex fracture network accurately,but this paper established hydraulic fracturing complex fracture model based on the finite element numerical simulation method , making the simulated complex fracture more close to the real description,it can accurately describe the flow state in the reservoir and cracks.It has an important reference value to the low permeability reservoirs.
Numerical simulation on gas production from inclined layered methane hydrate reservoirs in the Nankai Trough: A case study
