The invention provides a staged fracturing or synchronous fracturing
simulation experiment method for a shale horizontal well. The method comprises the following steps: (a) the
natural fracture morphological characteristics of shale in a stratum to be simulated are analyzed; a shale
outcrop material for producing a
simulation test piece is selected, and the shale material is machined to a cube rock
mass according to the shale settled layer characteristics; and the surface of the
mass is brushed with
resin adhesive for sealing; (b) a through hole is drilled in the middle of the test piece; and when the synchronous fracturing of the horizontal well is simulated, two equal holes are drilled; (c) silent crushing agent
slurry filling sections are added in the
drill holes; and the needed number of fracturing sections is produced by partition pieces; and (d) the
simulation fracturing experiment is performed by using the
simulation test piece; and fracture morphology image information in a
rock core is obtained after the experiment. For brittle shale with
natural fracture development, the method is easy to realize the experimental simulation of staged fracturing or synchronous fracturing of the horizontal well. Meanwhile, the high-energy CT scanning is performed for the test piece through a linear accelerator
nondestructive testing system to realize precise observation of a shale fracturing net. The experiment method can be applied to the research on propagation rules of the shale fracturing net under the effect of matrix pressure transfer.