A Classification and a Survey on the Core Technology for Shale Gas Development

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A Classification and a Survey on the Core Technology for Shale Gas Development 셰일가스 개발 핵심기술 조사 및 분류: 신창훈·이선민·권순일·박대진·이영수
Changhoon Shin, Seonmin Lee, Sunil Kwon, Daejin Park and Youngsoo Lee

30 June 2012. pp. 395-410

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Abstract

Shale and tight gas are one of the resources which require lots of new technologies for commercial development and production and shale gas has the most OGIP among unconventional gas resources possible for commercial production at present. Especially, the growth of shale gas industry means the significant changes of paradigm, moving of the core technology part for resources development from petroleum exploration to field development. And the development of shale gas is very different from conventional gas development in terms of geology, rock mechanics, petroleum engineering, development and production engineering. Hence, in this study, we have performed to classify the four technical categories for developing a shale gas field as ①horizontal drilling and pad based development, ②hydraulic fracturing and well completion, ③reservoir engineering and productivity analysis, ④reservoir characterization, and drawn the core technologies for them, respectively.

Keywords

Shale gas

Tight gas

Unconventional gas

Horizontal drilling

Hydraulic fracture

Core Technology

Technical categories

셰일가스와 치밀가스는 비전통가스자원 중 상업적 생산을 위한 기술력이 가장 많이 요구되는 자원 중의 하나이고, 현재 상업적 개발이 가능한 비전통자원 중 가장 부존량이 많은 것으로 평가되는 자원이다. 특히, 셰일가스의 개발산업의 발달은 자원개발 기술의 중심이 과거 석유가스 자원의 탐사에서 현장 개발기술로, 기술적 패러다임의 커다란 변화를 시사하는 것이다. 아울러, 셰일가스의 개발은 지질학적, 암석역학적, 석유공학적 측면과 개발과 생산공학적 측면에서 기존의 전통가스의 개발과는 매우 다르다. 이에 본 연구에서는 셰일가스 개발에 요구되는 핵심적인 기술을 ①수평시추 및 패드, ②수압파쇄 및 유정완결, ③저류공학 및 생산성 평가, ④저류층 특성화의 네 가지 기술 분야로 분류하고, 각 분야별 개발이 요구되는 핵심기술을 도출하였다.

키워드

셰일가스

치밀가스

비전통가스

수평시추

수압파쇄

핵심기술

기술 분류

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society for Geosystem Engineering
Journal Title(Ko) :한국지구시스템공학회지
Volume : 49
No :3
Pages :395-410

[1] 고재홍, 2007, “미국 텍사스 주 포트워스 분지의 바넷 셰일 가스 시스템,” 한국지구시스템공학회지, 제44권 5호, pp. 455-473.

[2] 김용식, 황인걸, 김현태, 이현석, 이대성, 2011, “마르셀러스 셰일의 지질학적 특징 및 셰일가스 개발전략,” 한국지구시스템공학회지, 제48권 3호, pp. 371-382.

[3] Andrews, A., Folger, P., Humphries, M., Copeland, C., Tiemann, M., Meltz, R. and Brougher, C., 2009, “Unconventional Gas Shales : Development, Technology, and Policy Issues,” Congressional Research Service, pp. 1-53.

[4] Berman, E., 2010, “What New Tools Do Geoscientists Need in the Next Decade? A return to basics,” AAPG International Conference & Exhibition, Calgary, Canada, September 14.

[5] Cipolla, C.L., Williams, M.J., Weng, X., Mack, M. and Maxwell, S., 2010, “Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring to Reservoir Simulation : Maximizing Value,” SPE 133877, pp. 1-26.

[6] Cui, X., Bustin, R.M., Brezovski, R., Nassichuk, B., Glover, K. and Pathi, V., 2010, “A New Method to Simultaneously Measure In-Situ Permeability and Porosity Under Reservoir Conditions : Implications for Characterization of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs,” SPE 138148, pp. 1-8.

[7] Dicker, A. and Smits, R., 1988, “A Practical Approach for Determining Permeability From Laboratory Pressure-Pulse Decay Measurements,” SPE 17587, pp. 285-292.

[8] Dudenas, P., 2011, “Evaluating and Developing Shale Resources,” Petroskills, pp. 1-132.

[9] EIA, 2011, Review of Emerging Resources: U.S. Shale Gas and Shale Oil Plays, US DOE.

[10] Granberg, A., 2012, “What Is Hydraulic Fracturing?,” ProPublica on the Web., http://www.propublica.org/special/hydraulic-fracturing-national.

[11] IEA, 2011, World Energy Outlook, International Energy Agency, IEA, pp. 1-131.

[12] Lovett, D., Hernández, R., Chandarjit, L. and Sullivan, P., 2011, “Advanced Electromagnetic Mwd Telemetry and Pdm Systems ImproveE Drilling Perormance in a California Geothermal Well,” Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford, California, January 31 - February 2, SGP-TR-191.

[13] Mahdi, E., 2012, “Workflow for Appraising Shale Gas Plays in Algeria,” Shale Gas Workshop, Oran, Algeria, February 27-28.

[14] Novlesky, A., Kumar, A. and Merkle, S., 2011, “Shale Gas Modelling Workflow : from Microseismic to Simulation - Horn River Case Study,” SPE 14810, pp. 1-24.

[15] Oraby, M., 2012, “Shale Gas Opportunities and Challenges in MENA,” Shale Gas Workshop, Oran, Algeria, February 27-28.

[16] Rich, J.P. and Ammerman, M., 2010, “Unconventional Geophysics for Unconventional Plays,” Unconventional Gas Conference, SPE 131779, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, February 23-25.

[17] Richter, P., 2012, “Shale Gas Development Environmental Considerations,” Shale Gas Workshop, Oran, Algeria, February 27-28.

[18] Sumi, L., 2008, Shale Gas : Focus on the Marcellus Shale, Oil & Gas Accountability Project.

[19] Saya, M., 2010, “Addressing the Environmental Risks from Shale Gas Development,” Shale Gas Workshop, Oran, Algeria, February 27-28.

[20] Sharma, A., 2012, “Overview of Shale Gas Technology–How to Make a Shale Gas Prospect Productive,” Shale Gas Workshop, Oran, Algeria, February 27-28.

[21] Siebrits, E., Elbel, J., Hoover, R., Diyashev, I. R., Griffin, L.G., Demetrius, S.L. and Wright, C.A., 2000, “Refracture Reorientation Enhances Gas Production in Barnett Shale Tight Gas Wells,” SPE 63030, pp. 1-7.

[22] Smith, M., 2012, Hydraulic Fracturing - A Concise Overview, SPE Training Series.

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