An experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated Savonnières limestone

Petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs are less predictable than that of siliciclastic reservoirs. The main reason of this situation is physical and chemical interactions of carbonate rocks with pore fluids. Such interactions can significantly change elastic properties of rock matrix and/o...

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Main Authors: Lebedev, Maxim, Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili
Other Authors: EAGE
Format: Conference Paper
Published: EAGE 2013
Online Access:http://earthdoc.eage.org/publication/publicationdetails/?publication=73428
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19440
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author Lebedev, Maxim
Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili
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description Petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs are less predictable than that of siliciclastic reservoirs. The main reason of this situation is physical and chemical interactions of carbonate rocks with pore fluids. Such interactions can significantly change elastic properties of rock matrix and/or grains making applicability of Gassmann’s fluid substitution procedure debateable. This study is an attempt to understand the mechanisms of fluid-rock interactions and the influence of these interactions on elastic parameters of carbonates. We present the results of the precise indentation tests conducted on Savonnières limestone at a microscale level under dry and water saturated conditions. Our experiments display softening of the rock matrix after water saturation. We also observed an effect of shear modulus reduction in Savonnières limestone in our ultrasonic measurements.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-194402017-01-30T12:13:49Z An experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated Savonnières limestone Lebedev, Maxim Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili EAGE Petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs are less predictable than that of siliciclastic reservoirs. The main reason of this situation is physical and chemical interactions of carbonate rocks with pore fluids. Such interactions can significantly change elastic properties of rock matrix and/or grains making applicability of Gassmann’s fluid substitution procedure debateable. This study is an attempt to understand the mechanisms of fluid-rock interactions and the influence of these interactions on elastic parameters of carbonates. We present the results of the precise indentation tests conducted on Savonnières limestone at a microscale level under dry and water saturated conditions. Our experiments display softening of the rock matrix after water saturation. We also observed an effect of shear modulus reduction in Savonnières limestone in our ultrasonic measurements. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19440 http://earthdoc.eage.org/publication/publicationdetails/?publication=73428 EAGE restricted
spellingShingle Lebedev, Maxim
Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili
An experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated Savonnières limestone
title An experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated Savonnières limestone
title_full An experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated Savonnières limestone
title_fullStr An experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated Savonnières limestone
title_full_unstemmed An experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated Savonnières limestone
title_short An experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated Savonnières limestone
title_sort experimental study of solid matrix weakening in water saturated savonnières limestone
url http://earthdoc.eage.org/publication/publicationdetails/?publication=73428
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19440