Geomechanical and lithological characteristics of the Vereysky horizon in the Middle Carboniferous for prediction of hydraulic fracturing technology, on the example of the Ivinskoye field in the South-East of Tatarstan

Abstract

The method of acid hydraulic fracturing has been actively used in recent years, for the deposits of the Vereysky horizon of the Moscowian strata in the south-east of Tatarstan. Design development and the use of hydraulic fracturing requires full-fledged studies of the geomechanical characteristics of rocks, including the prediction of the propagation of emerging fractures. It is considered the main geomechanical characteristics for reservoir rocks and dense rocks involved in the structure of the sections, on the example of the study of polyfacial reservoirs of the Vereysky horizon of the Ivinskoye oil field. It was revealed that the carbonate reservoir rocks of the middle and upper parts of the Vereysky horizon (C2 vr3 and C2 vr5) have the least strength properties and a greater susceptibility to fracturing. More durable were sandstones of the upper part of the horizon, marls and mudstones of the middle and upper parts of the horizon, as well as mudstone and dense packstone, typical for the lower part of the Vereysky horizon. The presented data can be valid for most of the sections of the Vereysky horizon of the southeast of Tatarstan and are used for the choice of optimal solutions when applying the hydraulic fracturing technology.

Keywords

• vereysky horizon
• geomechanical properties
• lithological types
• reservoir rocks
• fracture toughness