Synergetics of geological mediums and its impact on the effectiveness of the exploitation and exploration for mineral deposits

Abstract

The mechanisms of joint influence of mountain and reservoir pressures, saturating fluid, structure elements of rocks and external dynamic effects on their behavior in natural conditions, in particular near of the well, are investigated. With specific examples, it is shown that the behavior of rocks with such a set of influencing factors is determined by the laws of synergetics and the combined action of external influences, uneven stress-strain state of the rocks, the pore pressure and chemo mechanical effects. Examples are the results of gas-flow and gas-metric studies of closed wells, as well as the results of explosive perforation and intensification of producing wellbores at different depths. Defects occurrence in minerals with a high modulus of elasticity is initiated by an external dynamic effect and independently under the action of the saturating fluid. Then, under volumetric non-uniform compression and reservoir pressure, gradual fracturing of terrigenous rocks occurs at the micro and macro level. The result of these processes is the formation of areas of the improved permeability near the wells during drilling, production and suspending. When drilling on traditional technology they will impair formation reservoir properties via infiltration of water and solid phase. In oil and gas wells and in closed wells - improve these properties. Analysis of the behavior of rocks from the synergetic position shows that the best mode of loading on the reservoir during wells drilling, wells completion and oil and gas production is depression (reduced pressure) on the reservoir. The known and new promising technologies for the intensification of oil and gas production are determined.