Abstract:
The geological conditions in the Huainan mining area are complex. With the increase of coal mining depth, the complexity and risk of gas disasters have significantly increased, making it urgent to explore new gas prevention and control technologies. Focusing on the mining conditions of deep and highly gassy outburst-prone coal seam groups in the Huainan mining area, Focusing on the mining conditions of deep and strong outburst coal seam group in Huainan mining area, aiming at regional and advance prevention, the high-efficiency gas extraction technology of surface horizontal wells is introduced. Aiming at the technical problems such as high-efficiency and accurate drilling of horizontal wells, full coverage of fracture for working faces, continuous and stable production and drainage, and evaluation of gas regional governance effect. To address technical challenges such as high-efficiency and accurate drilling of horizontal wells, full coverage of fracture for working faces, continuous and stable production and drainage, and evaluation of outburst prevention effects, through theoretical research, physical simulation, numerical analysis, technical breakthroughs, combined with field tests, the regional gas control mode and technical system of horizontal wells in deep strong outburst coal seams in Huainan are innovatively formed. A three-dimensional regional gas control mode of upper and lower three-dimensional under the mining conditions of deep coal seam group in Huainan mining area is proposed. The drilling trajectory control technology for surface roof (floor) horizontal wells under extremely complex formation conditions is developed, which is pre-drilling geological modeling-dynamic positioning during drilling- comprehensive layer identification post-drilling. A high-intensity fracturing technology with staged multi-cluster, large fluid volume, large displacement, large sand volume, and dynamic mixed injection for surface horizontal wells is created. An L-type horizontal well production technology with submersible diaphragm pumps and “zero water level” as the core technologies and equipment are developed. The evaluation index system for outburst prevention effects, including “residual gas content + residual gas pressure + drainage influence range + pre-extraction rate”, and a method for evaluating surface gas extraction effects integrating numerical simulation and borehole measurement has been put forward. A “six-in-one” comprehensive outburst prevention technical system for regional gas control using surface horizontal wells is established, encompassing “drilling + fracturing + drainage + productivity prediction + outburst prevention effect evaluation + underground regional verification”. Application results show that the drilling rate within 2.5 m of the roof and floor of the coal seam of the horizontal section of the horizontal well, the success rate of drilling engineering and casing running reach 100%; the staged fracturing of horizontal wells has achieved full coverage of the fracture network in the working face; the pump inspection cycle of the drainage system is significantly prolonged, and “zero water pressure” drainage can fully release the gas production potential of horizontal wells; The horizontal wells has achieved good gas production and safety benefits, with a single well’s daily gas production exceeding
11000 m
3, and the cumulative gas production exceeding 40 million m
3. This has greatly reduced the amount of underground gas control engineering, ensuring safe and efficient production of the mine. The popularization and application of the regional gas control technology for staged fracturing horizontal wells have promoted the transfer of gas control mode from underground to surface, ealized the scale and standardization of gas control in surface area, and provided technical support for surface regional gas control in similar coal mining areas in China.