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The conductivity of an acid-etched fracture is a necessary indicator for the stimulation of dolomite formation, which affects commercial development. The widely accepted test method involves the use of a small-scale conductivity cell for etching and measuring conductivity. However, the field production reflects that the actual conductivity does not match the measured one and is usually lower. Consequently, the existing studies had limitations and hence the stimulation mechanism needed to be explored further. To understand it more realistically, a novel large-scale apparatus was used in this study to test the conductivity of the acid-etched fracture. The use of this apparatus avoided the near-core excessive eroding and weak heterogeneity with continuous etching in a 1000 mm fracture. The results showed that the conductivity was indeed dissimilar to that in small-scale tests. The morphology of etched large-scale cores featured diversity and complexity, including deep and punctate channels, nonuniform pitting grooves with connected channels, and scale-shaped wavy grooves, which exactly demonstrated the multiple morphology under the influence of carbonate heterogeneity in real reservoirs. Moreover, the effect of increasing injection rate led to the unique etching morphology of scale-shaped wavy and pelviform grooves because of scouring flow and turbulence effects. The degree of surface roughness promoted nonuniform etching along the longitudinal and propagation direction, thus enhancing the conductivity of the whole fracture and confirming that the field treatment limited the pressure rather than the injection rate. The conductivity under different acid type, acid concentration, reaction temperature, and injection rate conditions was lower than that reported, confirming the experimental deviation in small-scale conductivity. The proposed large-scale apparatus test represented the acid-etched fracture conductivity more realistically, thus proving beneficial for the development of carbonate reservoirs.

Large-Scale Acid Fracturing Based on a Large-Scale Conductivity Apparatus