The Study on Timedependent Permeability of （改变磁导率的研究）.pdf

The Study on Time-dependent Permeability of Fractured Core under Effective Stress DU Xinlong ， KANG Yili ， YOU Lijun State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, P.R.China, 610500 du111@ Abstract The permeability of fractured core decreases not only with raising the effective stress, but also with time. In this paper the core flow test had been conducted by use of the outcrop with different fracture width from western Sichuan basin, the test fluids were nitrogen and brine (3%KCl). The study shows that the decrease of permeability is up to almost 48% and the time of equilibrium is more than 1.5 hour under the 3MPa effective stress. But when the effective stress is 10MPa, the decrease was below 30% and the time of equilibrium is less than 1 hour. And the reduction of time-dependent permeability tested with gas (nitrogen) is below 15% when effective stress is 3MPa; however the permeability tested by brine decreases as much as 48% under the same effective stress. The study analyzes that the saturated core fracture has been propped by micro-bulges, which are easier to be embedded into each other and slide. In the process of fracturing, the fracture surface become weak consolidation, this can cause fine migration. The hydrated clay minerals on the fracture surface have a buffer effect, so the stress could not be fully loaded immediately. In addition, some minerals such as feldspar on the fracture surface could be dissolved during the brine flows through the fracture under higher effective stress; this can cause the aperture to become smaller. During the