scholarly journals Improved water saturation estimation in shaly sandstone through variable cementation factor

Author(s):  
Wan Zairani Wan Bakar ◽  
Ismail Mohd Saaid ◽  
Mohd Riduan Ahmad ◽  
Zulhelmi Amir ◽  
Nur Shuhadah Japperi ◽  
...  

AbstractEstimation of water saturation, Sw, in shaly sandstone is an intricate process. The surface conduction of clay minerals adds up to the electrolyte conduction in the pore spaces, thus generating high formation conductivity that overshadows the hydrocarbon effect. In each resistivity-based water saturation model, the key parameter is formation factor, F, which is typically derived from Archie’s Law. Referring to a log–log plot between formation factor and porosity, cementation factor reflects the slope of the straight line abiding Archie’s Law. In the case of shaly sandstone, derivation based on Archie’s Law in combination with Waxman–Smits equation leads to higher cementation factor, m*. In the shaly parts of the reservoir, high m* is counterbalanced by clay conductivity. Nonetheless, high m* used in clean parts increases Sw estimation. In this study, the variable cementation factor equation is introduced into the standard correlation of Sw versus Resistivity Index, RI, to develop a water saturation model with shaly sandstone parameters. Data retrieved from two fields that yielded mean arctangent absolute percentage error (MAAPE) were analysed to determine the difference between calculated and measured data within the 0.01–0.15 range for variable cementation factor method. The conventional method yielded maximum MAAPE at 0.46.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony John Ilozobhie ◽  
Daniel Ikechukwu Egu

Comprehensive comparative analyses of 18 shaly sandstone zones in four wells of an Oil Field in the Niger Delta were carried using only the Archie Model with the appropriate cementation factor from a range of 1.3 to 2.0 This was done to comprehensively analyze and statistically validate the need for the applicability of m = 1.3. Detailed statistical analysis of water saturation results of lower and upper 95% confidence intervals for the standard deviations gave the least range of 0.00415 to 0.00724 (m=1.3), 0.00660 to 0.1151 (m=1.65) and maximum of 0.00996 to 0.01747 (m=2.0). This was however validated by the bias results of the standard deviation with -0.00025 for m=1.3, -0.00040 for m=1.65 and -0.00060 for m=2. Hydrocarbon saturation results of lower and upper 95% confidence intervals for the standard also gave the least values of 0.00427 to 0.00740 (m=1.3), 0.00680 to 0.01171 (m=1.65) and 0.01031 to 0.01773 (m=2.0). The bias results of the standard deviation gave the least for m=1.3 as -0.0002, -0.00032 for m=1.65 and -0.00048 for m=2.0. Hydrocarbon movability index results of lower and upper 95% confidence intervals for standard deviation gave the least range for m=1.3 of 0.00521 to 0.00934, 0.00793 to 0.01415 for m=1.65 and 0.01155 to 0.02049 for m=2.0. The bias results of the standard deviation gave also the least for m=1.3 as -0.00031, -0.00047 for m=1.65 and -0.00068 for m=2. The study reveals that the Archie Model predictions was improved with cementation factor of 1.3 and has favourable petrophysical parameters indicating higher hydrocarbon potential than the Simandoux  and when m=1.65 and 2.0. This model is a valuable tool in a shaly sand environment after thorough validation using the pickett plot.


1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
G. S. Ludwig ◽  
F. C. Brenner

Abstract An automatic tread gaging machine has been developed. It consists of three component systems: (1) a laser gaging head, (2) a tire handling device, and (3) a computer that controls the movement of the tire handling machine, processes the data, and computes the least-squares straight line from which a wear rate may be estimated. Experimental tests show that the machine has good repeatability. In comparisons with measurements obtained by a hand gage, the automatic machine gives smaller average groove depths. The difference before and after a period of wear for both methods of measurement are the same. Wear rates estimated from the slopes of straight lines fitted to both sets of data are not significantly different.


1878 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Macfarlane

The experiments to which I shall refer were carried out in the physical laboratory of the University during the late summer session. I was ably assisted in conducting the experiments by three students of the laboratory,—Messrs H. A. Salvesen, G. M. Connor, and D. E. Stewart. The method which was used of measuring the difference of potential required to produce a disruptive discharge of electricity under given conditions, is that described in a paper communicated to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1876 in the names of Mr J. A. Paton, M. A., and myself, and was suggested to me by Professor Tait as a means of attacking the experimental problems mentioned below.The above sketch which I took of the apparatus in situ may facilitate tha description of the method. The receiver of an air-pump, having a rod capable of being moved air-tight up and down through the neck, was attached to one of the conductors of a Holtz machine in such a manner that the conductor of the machine and the rod formed one conducting system. Projecting from the bottom of the receiver was a short metallic rod, forming one conductor with the metallic parts of the air-pump, and by means of a chain with the uninsulated conductor of the Holtz machine. Brass balls and discs of various sizes were made to order, capable of being screwed on to the ends of the rods. On the table, and at a distance of about six feet from the receiver, was a stand supporting two insulated brass balls, the one fixed, the other having one degree of freedom, viz., of moving in a straight line in the plane of the table. The fixed insulated ball A was made one conductor with the insulated conductor of the Holtz and the rod of the receiver, by means of a copper wire insulated with gutta percha, having one end stuck firmly into a hole in the collar of the receiver, and having the other fitted in between the glass stem and the hollow in the ball, by which it fitted on to the stem tightly. A thin wire similarly fitted in between the ball B and its insulating stem connected the ball with the insulated half ring of a divided ring reflecting electrometer.


2018 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Chunli Wang ◽  
Xiaoyu Yang ◽  
Jiangang He ◽  
Fangxin Wei ◽  
Zhong Zheng ◽  
...  

Abstract To explore the diffusion behavior of 75Se(IV) in Beishan granite (BsG), the influences of temperature, oxygen condition and ionic strength were investigated using the through-diffusion experimental method. The effective diffusion coefficient De of 75Se(IV) in BsG varied from 4.21×10−14 m2/s to 3.19×10−13 m2/s in our experimental conditions, increased with increasing temperature. The formation factor Ff of BsG was calculated to be nearly constant in the range of temperatures investigated, suggesting that the inner structure of BsG had no significant change in the temperature range of 20–55°C. Meanwhile, the De values of 75Se(IV) in BsG under anaerobic condition was significantly larger than that under aerobic condition, which may be attributed to the difference in the sorption characteristics and species distribution of Se and pH values. Moreover, the diffusion of 75Se(IV) was promoted with ionic strength increased from 0.01 M to 0.1 M, and then decreased at 0.5 M, mainly due to the combined effects of reduced double layers with increased ionic strength and increase of the solution viscosity at higher ionic strength.


Solid Earth ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1157-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W. J. Glover

Abstract. When scientists apply Archie's first law they often include an extra parameter a, which was introduced about 10 years after the equation's first publication by Winsauer et al. (1952), and which is sometimes called the “tortuosity” or “lithology” parameter. This parameter is not, however, theoretically justified. Paradoxically, the Winsauer et al. (1952) form of Archie's law often performs better than the original, more theoretically correct version. The difference in the cementation exponent calculated from these two forms of Archie's law is important, and can lead to a misestimation of reserves by at least 20 % for typical reservoir parameter values. We have examined the apparent paradox, and conclude that while the theoretical form of the law is correct, the data that we have been analysing with Archie's law have been in error. There are at least three types of systematic error that are present in most measurements: (i) a porosity error, (ii) a pore fluid salinity error, and (iii) a temperature error. Each of these systematic errors is sufficient to ensure that a non-unity value of the parameter a is required in order to fit the electrical data well. Fortunately, the inclusion of this parameter in the fit has compensated for the presence of the systematic errors in the electrical and porosity data, leading to a value of cementation exponent that is correct. The exceptions are those cementation exponents that have been calculated for individual core plugs. We make a number of recommendations for reducing the systematic errors that contribute to the problem and suggest that the value of the parameter a may now be used as an indication of data quality.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Zbib

A coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete element method (DEM) model was developed to analyze the fluid-particle and particle-particle interactions in a 3D liquid-solid fluidized bed (LSFB). The CFD-DEM model was validated using the Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) experimental method. ERT was employed to measure the bed-averaged particle volume fraction (BPVF) of 0.002 m glass beads fluidized with water for various particle numbers and flow rates. It was found that simulations employing the combination of the Gidaspow drag model with pressure gradient and virtual mass forces provided the least percentage error between experiments and simulations. It was also found that contact parameters must be calibrated to account for the particles being wet. The difference between simulations and experiments was 4.74%. The CFD-DEM model was also employed alongside stability analysis to investigate the hydrodynamic behavior within the LSFB and the intermediate flow regime for all cases studied.


Author(s):  
Toplica Stojanović ◽  
Slobodan Goranović ◽  
Aleksandar Šakanović ◽  
Darko Stojanović

In order to determine at which level is the specific performance and technical and tactical efficiency of young players of different level of competition, and whether the level of competition can be an indicator of level differences of these abilities, a research was conducted on the sample of young football players aged 14 to 16 from the eight clubs, half of them competing in the higher and the other half in the lower level of competition. A sample of measuring instruments consisted of 13 tests for evaluation of five factors of specific endurance: starting endurance, stamina in maintaining the shallow formation, endurance during fast dribbling, ball pressing endurance, and evaluation of technical and tactical efficiency of football players. The results of the research showed that the young players of higher level of competition had significantly greater technical and tactical efficiency, as well as specific performance in tests which included curvilinear movement and dribbling, as well as control and passing the ball in motion, but the difference is not recorded with straight-line movements and sprints.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
E.A. Veshkin ◽  
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V.I. Postnov ◽  
V.V. Semenychev ◽  
E.V. Krasheninnikova ◽  
...  

The change in the microhardness over the thickness of samples made of EDT-69N binder cured in vacuum and at atmospheric pressure at temperatures from 130 to 170°C was investigated. It was found that the change in microhardness along the thickness of the samples occurs according to the parabolic law, with the maximum values being achieved in the middle of the sample cross-section along the thickness. With an increase in the molding temperature, the microhardness in the middle section of the sample increases from 222 MPa at a molding temperature of 130°C to 410 MPa during molding at 170°C. At the critical molding temperature (170°C), the microhardness in all zones of the specimen cross section (subsurface, semi-average, and core) levels off, while the parabolic dependence degenerates into a straight line. It is shown that the method of scratching (sclerometry) demonstrated a sufficiently high sensitivity to the state of samples cured at different temperatures. With an increase in the molding temperature, the width of the sclerometric grooves decreases. At a critical molding temperature of 170°C, the groove width is stabilized and becomes constant throughout the sample thickness. To characterize the difference in the values of the microhardness of the cured binder in the sample volume, it is proposed to use a dimensionless “coefficient of volume anisotropy,” which can take a positive, negative or zero value. With an increase in the curing temperature of the binder and, accordingly, with an increase in the microhardness of the sample, the coefficient of volume anisotropy decreases, and when the samples are molded at the critical temperature, it turns to zero, which indicates the absence of anisotropy.


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