The present invention discloses a method for determining the
lower limit of the plugging thickness of the
siltstone adjacent layer of a shale reservoir, comprising: determining that the
fracture pressure of the shale reservoir is less than the minimum starting pressure of the overlying
siltstone layer, and performing the following steps: arranging a heating, pressurizing, and stressing device and temperature, pressure, and strain sensors on the bottom surface of a roof
rock sample, and arranging multiple groups of pressure and strain sensors on the side at set intervals; heating the bottom of the
rock sample to a set temperature using a heating device, pressurizing the bottom to a first set pressure using a pressurizing device, and applying stress to the bottom of the
rock sample step by step from small to large to a first set stress using a stressing device, and stabilizing until the measurement values of each sensor are stable, and determining the lowest position where the pressure of the rock sample is not higher than the second set pressure and the strain is not higher than the set strain based on the sensor measurement values; then determining the
lower limit of the roof plugging thickness; and similarly determining the
lower limit of the bottom plate plugging thickness. This method can reasonably quantify the lower limits of the roof and bottom plate plugging thicknesses through
joint simulation of temperature, pressure, and stress fields.