Stability Evaluation of Proppant in Fractures of Gas Storage in Yulin Gas Field

In nearly a hundred years of construction, underground gas storage has become the main natural gas storage and peak regulation means in the world. For the gas storage, the large production and high flow rate of the gas well in the actual production process will cause the backflow of proppant filled in the supporting fracture, which will bring great harm to the gas field production. In this article, when the proppant fracture reaches a stable state in the process of gas injection and production, the stress of proppant particles is analyzed, the critical velocity of proppant reflux is calculated, and then the critical production model is established; calculate the permeability change during proppant migration, then calculate the fluid velocity and production, and determine the fluid velocity range of injection and production wells in gas storage. The parameter sensitivity of velocity and flow model is analyzed. The results show that with the increase of closure stress, the critical gas flow and critical gas velocity of proppant backflow gradually increase, and the proppant filling layer is more stable. The smaller the thickness and width of the filling layer, the greater the critical gas flow and critical gas velocity of proppant backflow, the more stable the proppant filling layer, and the lesser the chance of backflow. The higher the saturation, the lower the critical gas velocity, and the more prone the proppant to reflux. It has important guiding significance for realizing the optimization of gas well production and maintaining efficient production efficiency.

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