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Implications of Shale Gas Well Integrity Failure Near a Longwall Mine Under Shallow Cover

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MINING METALLURGY & EXPLORATION
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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s42461-023-00740-2

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Shale gas well; Longwall mine; Shallow cover

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This study simulated the impact of a shale gas well casing breach near a longwall mine. Field studies were conducted to measure mining-induced permeability changes over the abutment pillar of a longwall mine, and a geomechanical model was developed to predict the aperture of fractures in the overburden at the study site. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the gas inflow for nearby panels due to an increase in the induced permeability during mining.
This study simulates the impact of a shale gas well casing breach near a longwall mine. Field studies are conducted to measure mining-induced permeability changes over the abutment pillar of a longwall mine, and a geomechanical model is developed in 3DEC, a three-dimensional numerical modeling code, to predict the aperture of fractures in the overburden at the study site. The predicted aperture values are used to determine mining-induced permeabilities and the results are compared with the field measurements. These aperture values are provided as inputs into fracture flow code (FFC), which generates a stochastic discrete fracture network (DFN) model for the study site and predicts the potential shale gas flow to the mine. Results from 100 DFN realizations are statistically analyzed using the bootstrapping method to compensate for notable variation in fracture geometry. The results show a significant difference between the gas inflow for nearby panels due to increase in the induced permeability during mining of the second panel. The average gas flow to the mine was calculated as 4.72x10(-2) m(3)/s (49 cfm) for a hypothetical breach at the Sewickley horizon during the first panel mining, 8.97x10(-3) m(3)/s (19 cfm) for a hypothetical breach at the Uniontown horizon during the first panel mining, 2.16x10(-1) m(3)/s (458 cfm) for a hypothetical breach at the Sewickley horizon during the second panel mining, and 8.07x10(-2) m(3)/s (171 cfm) for a hypothetical breach at the Uniontown horizon during the second panel mining. Depending on the mine ventilation system, this could result in methane concentrations exceeding regulatory limits. Hence, these findings provide insights into the potential risk of an unconventional gas well casing breach near a longwall mine under shallow cover.

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