Impact of Paramagnetic Minerals on NMR-Converted Pore Size Distributions in Permian Carynginia Shales

Pore size distribution (PSD) is a fundamental petrophysical parameter for shale formation evaluation. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), performing as a widely acknowledged technique, directly measures transverse relaxation time (T2), which can be converted into PSD via surface relaxivity (SR). Techn...

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Main Authors: Yuan, Yujie, Rezaee, Reza
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: AMER CHEMICAL SOC 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89572
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Rezaee, Reza
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description Pore size distribution (PSD) is a fundamental petrophysical parameter for shale formation evaluation. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), performing as a widely acknowledged technique, directly measures transverse relaxation time (T2), which can be converted into PSD via surface relaxivity (SR). Technically, SR is utilized as a constant value in the entire formation, nevertheless, the laboratory calculated SRs revealed that they are likely to vary with mineralogy and can be influenced by Fe-bearing paramagnetic minerals, which could further affect NMR-converted pore structure properties. This study was performed on Permian Carynginia shale samples to compare the NMR-converted PSD with that measured by mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP). The surface relaxivity was calculated from the logarithmic mean T2 value (T2,lm) based on NMR measurement and the surface to volume ratio (SVR) based on low-pressure nitrogen gas adsorption (LP-N2-GA). The results show that Fe-bearing paramagnetic mineral contents are linear positively correlated with SR values, which were calculated to range between 0.08 and 0.32 μm/s in our tested samples. The paramagnetic mineral of higher content expedites the NMR T2 surface relaxation rate, leading to the divergent shifts in NMR- converted PSD curves.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-895722022-11-14T05:58:16Z Impact of Paramagnetic Minerals on NMR-Converted Pore Size Distributions in Permian Carynginia Shales Yuan, Yujie Rezaee, Reza Science & Technology Technology Energy & Fuels Engineering, Chemical Engineering NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE CLAY BOUND WATER SURFACE RELAXIVITY GAS-ADSORPTION POROSITY MEASUREMENT NITROGEN ADSORPTION FRACTAL ANALYSIS ORGANIC-MATTER AREA POROSIMETRY Pore size distribution (PSD) is a fundamental petrophysical parameter for shale formation evaluation. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), performing as a widely acknowledged technique, directly measures transverse relaxation time (T2), which can be converted into PSD via surface relaxivity (SR). Technically, SR is utilized as a constant value in the entire formation, nevertheless, the laboratory calculated SRs revealed that they are likely to vary with mineralogy and can be influenced by Fe-bearing paramagnetic minerals, which could further affect NMR-converted pore structure properties. This study was performed on Permian Carynginia shale samples to compare the NMR-converted PSD with that measured by mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP). The surface relaxivity was calculated from the logarithmic mean T2 value (T2,lm) based on NMR measurement and the surface to volume ratio (SVR) based on low-pressure nitrogen gas adsorption (LP-N2-GA). The results show that Fe-bearing paramagnetic mineral contents are linear positively correlated with SR values, which were calculated to range between 0.08 and 0.32 μm/s in our tested samples. The paramagnetic mineral of higher content expedites the NMR T2 surface relaxation rate, leading to the divergent shifts in NMR- converted PSD curves. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89572 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04003 English AMER CHEMICAL SOC restricted
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE
CLAY BOUND WATER
SURFACE RELAXIVITY
GAS-ADSORPTION
POROSITY MEASUREMENT
NITROGEN ADSORPTION
FRACTAL ANALYSIS
ORGANIC-MATTER
AREA
POROSIMETRY
Yuan, Yujie
Rezaee, Reza
Impact of Paramagnetic Minerals on NMR-Converted Pore Size Distributions in Permian Carynginia Shales
title Impact of Paramagnetic Minerals on NMR-Converted Pore Size Distributions in Permian Carynginia Shales
title_full Impact of Paramagnetic Minerals on NMR-Converted Pore Size Distributions in Permian Carynginia Shales
title_fullStr Impact of Paramagnetic Minerals on NMR-Converted Pore Size Distributions in Permian Carynginia Shales
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Paramagnetic Minerals on NMR-Converted Pore Size Distributions in Permian Carynginia Shales
title_short Impact of Paramagnetic Minerals on NMR-Converted Pore Size Distributions in Permian Carynginia Shales
title_sort impact of paramagnetic minerals on nmr-converted pore size distributions in permian carynginia shales
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE
CLAY BOUND WATER
SURFACE RELAXIVITY
GAS-ADSORPTION
POROSITY MEASUREMENT
NITROGEN ADSORPTION
FRACTAL ANALYSIS
ORGANIC-MATTER
AREA
POROSIMETRY
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89572