Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments
We investigated fines movement through sandstone in-situ at the micrometre pore scale and studied the associated pore-scale mechanisms leading to formation damage. We used two in-situ techniques to accomplish this, namely nuclear magnetic resonance T2 relaxation time (NMR) measurements (of pore size...
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| author | Al-Yaseri, Ahmed Z. Lebedev, Maxim Vogt, S.J. Johns, M.L. Barifcani, A. Iglauer, Stefan |
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| description | We investigated fines movement through sandstone in-situ at the micrometre pore scale and studied the associated pore-scale mechanisms leading to formation damage. We used two in-situ techniques to accomplish this, namely nuclear magnetic resonance T2 relaxation time (NMR) measurements (of pore size distributions) and high resolution x-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT; at high resolutions of (0.89 μm)3 and (3.4 μm)3). The μCT images showed the precise 3D location of the fines particles in the plug and demonstrated that initially pore throats are plugged, followed by filling of adjacent pore bodies by solid particles. These measurements in combination with traditionally used (indirect) permeability and production curve measurements and ex-situ SEM imaging enabled us to propose a new mechanistic pore-scale plugging model; furthermore we demonstrated that the amount of fines trapped decayed rapidly with core depth. We conclude that it is feasible to analyse formation damage in-situ by a combination of NMR and μCT measurements. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-268022017-09-13T15:29:12Z Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments Al-Yaseri, Ahmed Z. Lebedev, Maxim Vogt, S.J. Johns, M.L. Barifcani, A. Iglauer, Stefan Plugging mechanism Formation damage Permeability reduction NMR Micro tomography We investigated fines movement through sandstone in-situ at the micrometre pore scale and studied the associated pore-scale mechanisms leading to formation damage. We used two in-situ techniques to accomplish this, namely nuclear magnetic resonance T2 relaxation time (NMR) measurements (of pore size distributions) and high resolution x-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT; at high resolutions of (0.89 μm)3 and (3.4 μm)3). The μCT images showed the precise 3D location of the fines particles in the plug and demonstrated that initially pore throats are plugged, followed by filling of adjacent pore bodies by solid particles. These measurements in combination with traditionally used (indirect) permeability and production curve measurements and ex-situ SEM imaging enabled us to propose a new mechanistic pore-scale plugging model; furthermore we demonstrated that the amount of fines trapped decayed rapidly with core depth. We conclude that it is feasible to analyse formation damage in-situ by a combination of NMR and μCT measurements. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26802 10.1016/j.petrol.2015.01.018 Elsevier fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Plugging mechanism Formation damage Permeability reduction NMR Micro tomography Al-Yaseri, Ahmed Z. Lebedev, Maxim Vogt, S.J. Johns, M.L. Barifcani, A. Iglauer, Stefan Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments |
| title | Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments |
| title_full | Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments |
| title_fullStr | Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments |
| title_short | Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments |
| title_sort | pore-scale analysis of formation damage in bentheimer sandstone with in-situ nmr and micro-computed tomography experiments |
| topic | Plugging mechanism Formation damage Permeability reduction NMR Micro tomography |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26802 |