Numerical Analyses of Perforation and Formation Damage of Sandstone Gas Reservoirs

Abstract

Shaped charge perforation is an important technology for sandstone gas reservoirs. In the process of shaped charge perforating, the initial permeability and porosity of the formation are greatly reduced, directly affecting oil and gas production. This paper uses smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and finite element methods (FEMs) to study the formation damage caused by the shaped charge perforation. In this perforation simulation, the impact characteristics of the metal jet formed by the liner are coupled with the damage characteristics of the sandstone. A new mathematical model is proposed to describe the damage of permeability and porosity based on the Morris and Xue models. The simulated results show that a large-scale abdominal section appears at the perforation site, and the axis of the hole tilts with the increase in the perforation depth. The porosity damage at the perforation site is the greatest, up to 60%, while the permeability recovers to 90% of its initial state after pressure relief. The degree of porosity damage decreases with the increase in negative pressure, and when the negative pressure is 30 MPa, it may cause a large amount of sand production.