Narrowing the Loop for Microporosity Quantification in Carbonate Reservoirs Using Digital Rock Physics and Other Conventional Techniques

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. Al-Ratrout ◽  
M. Z. Kalam ◽  
J. S. Gomes ◽  
M. S. Jouini ◽  
S. Roth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Physics ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
Digital Rock Physics ◽  
Digital Rock

Validation of Digital Rock Physics Based Water-oil Capillary Pressure and Saturation Exponents in Super Giant Carbonate Reservoirs

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zubair Kalam ◽  
Muhammad Gibrata ◽  
Mohammad Al Hammadi ◽  
Alex Mock ◽  
Olivier Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Capillary Pressure ◽  
Rock Physics ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
Digital Rock Physics ◽  
Digital Rock

scholarly journals Construction of pore structure and lithology of digital rock physics based on laboratory experiments

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2113-2125
Author(s):  
Chenzhi Huang ◽  
Xingde Zhang ◽  
Shuang Liu ◽  
Nianyin Li ◽  
Jia Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pore Structure ◽  
Pore Size Distribution ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Rock Physics ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Digital Rock Physics ◽  
Digital Rock ◽  
The Core

AbstractThe development and stimulation of oil and gas fields are inseparable from the experimental analysis of reservoir rocks. Large number of experiments, poor reservoir properties and thin reservoir thickness will lead to insufficient number of cores, which restricts the experimental evaluation effect of cores. Digital rock physics (DRP) can solve these problems well. This paper presents a rapid, simple, and practical method to establish the pore structure and lithology of DRP based on laboratory experiments. First, a core is scanned by computed tomography (CT) scanning technology, and filtering back-projection reconstruction method is used to test the core visualization. Subsequently, three-dimensional median filtering technology is used to eliminate noise signals after scanning, and the maximum interclass variance method is used to segment the rock skeleton and pore. Based on X-ray diffraction technology, the distribution of minerals in the rock core is studied by combining the processed CT scan data. The core pore size distribution is analyzed by the mercury intrusion method, and the core pore size distribution with spatial correlation is constructed by the kriging interpolation method. Based on the analysis of the core particle-size distribution by the screening method, the shape of the rock particle is assumed to be a more practical irregular polyhedron; considering this shape and the mineral distribution, the DRP pore structure and lithology are finally established. The DRP porosity calculated by MATLAB software is 32.4%, and the core porosity measured in a nuclear magnetic resonance experiment is 29.9%; thus, the accuracy of the model is validated. Further, the method of simulating the process of physical and chemical changes by using the digital core is proposed for further study.

Strengthening the Digital Rock Physics, Using Downsampling for Sub-Resolved Pores in Tight Sandstones

2021 ◽  
pp. 103869
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ebadi ◽  
Denis Orlov ◽  
Ivan Makhotin ◽  
Vladislav Krutko ◽  
Boris Belozerov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Physics ◽  
Digital Rock Physics ◽  
Digital Rock

scholarly journals Validation of Digital Rock Physics Algorithms

Minerals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 669
Author(s):  
Rongrong Lin ◽  
Leon Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Rock Physics ◽  
Image Resolution ◽  
Staggered Grid ◽  
Static Properties ◽  
Shear Moduli ◽  
Digital Rock Physics ◽  
Digital Rock ◽  
Saturated Rock ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Theoretical Test

With a detailed microscopic image of a rock sample, one can determine the corresponding 3-D grain geometry, forming a basis to calculate the elastic properties numerically. The issues which arise in such a calculation include those associated with image resolution, the registration of the digital numerical grid with the digital image, and grain anisotropy. Further, there is a need to validate the numerical calculation via experiment or theory. Because of the geometrical complexity of the rock, the best theoretical test employs the Hashin–Shtrikman result that, for an aggregate of two isotropic components with equal shear moduli, the bulk modulus is uniquely determined, independent of the micro-geometry. Similarly, for an aggregate of two isotropic components with a certain combination of elastic moduli defined herein, the Hashin–Shtrikman formulae give a unique result for the shear modulus, independent of the micro-geometry. For a porous, saturated rock, the solid incompressibility may be calculated via an “unjacketed” test, independent of the micro-geometry. Any numerical algorithm proposed for digital rock physics computation should be validated by successfully confirming these theoretical predictions. Using these tests, we validate a previously published staggered-grid finite difference damped time-stepping algorithm to calculate the static properties of digital rock models.

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