Fines Migration Behavior During Cyclic Injection and Production of Underground Gas Storage Wells

Abstract

Abstract Different injection and production pressure modes for underground gas storage have great differences on the permeability of formation rocks. In this paper, core flow experiments are designed and carried out to simulate the real pressure gradient of the injection and production in underground gas storage, and these experiments are carried out under in-situ stress conditions. The permeability and turbidity of core outlet were monitored during the experiment. The experimental results show that under different injection-production pressure modes, the permeability changes and the turbidity at the core outlet changes. It was observed by scanning electron microscope that there were fines on the fracture wall after the experiment. Analysis shows that fine migration is the main reason for the change of permeability under different injection-production pressure modes.