Insights into pore-scale controls on mudstone permeability through resedimentation experiments

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1011-1014

  Schneider, Julia ^a   Flemings, Peter B ^a   Day Stirrat, Ruarri J ^b   Germaine, John T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; CLAY CONTENT; CLAY FRACTIONS; CLAY PARTICLES; DUAL-POROSITY; GAS RESERVOIR; GEOMETRIC MEAN; LARGE PORES; PERMEABILITY INCREASE; PORE THROAT; RESEDIMENTATION; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL PERMEABILITIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; POROSITY; ROCKS; SILT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; DUAL POROSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MUDSTONE; OVERPRESSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTATION; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84857469713     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32475.1     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. ASTM International, 2006, Standard test method for one-dimensional consolidation properties of saturated cohesive soils using controlled-strain loading (Standard D4186-06), in Annual book of ASTM standards volume 04.08: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, American Society for Testing and Materials, p. 15, doi:10.1520/D4186-06.
2. ASTM International, 2007, Standard test method for particle-size analysis of soils (Standard D422-63R07), in Annual book of ASTM standards volume 04.08: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, American Society for Testing and Materials, p. 10-17, doi:10.1520/D0422-63R07.
3. Bandini, P., and Sathiskumar, S., 2009, Effects of silt content and void ratio on the saturated hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of sand-silt mixtures: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, v. 135, p. 1976-1980, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000177.
4. Broichhausen, H., Littke, R., and Hantschel, T., 2005, Mudstone compaction and its infl uence on overpressure generation, elucidated by a 3D case study in the North Sea: International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 94, p. 956-978, doi:10.1007/s00531-005-0014-1.
5. Chapuis, R.P., and Aubertin, M., 2003, On the use of the Kozeny-Carman equation to predict the hydraulic conductivity of soils: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, v. 40, p. 616-628, doi:10.1139/t03-013.
6. Dewhurst, D.N., Aplin, A.C., Sarda, J.P., and Yang, Y.L., 1998, Compaction-driven evolution of porosity and permeability in natural mudstones: An experimental study: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 103, no. B1, p. 651-661, doi:10.1029/97JB02540.
7. Dewhurst, D.N., Aplin, A.C., and Sarda, J.P., 1999, Infl uence of clay fraction on pore-scale properties and hydraulic conductivity of experimentally compacted mudstones: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, no. B12, p. 29261-29274, doi:10.1029/1999JB900276.
8. Gerke, H.H., and Van Genuchten, M.T., 1993, A dual-porosity model for simulating the preferential movement of water and solutes in structured porous media: Water Resources Research, v. 29, p. 305-319, doi:10.1029/92WR02339.
9. Kenney, T.C., 1964, Sea-level movements and the geologic histories of the post-glacial marine soils at Boston, Nicolet, Ottawa and Oslo: Geotechnique, v. 14, p. 203-230, doi:10.1680/geot.1964.14.3.203.
10. Koltermann, C.E., and Gorelick, S.M., 1995, Fractional packing model for hydraulic conductivity derived from sediment mixtures: Water Resources Research, v. 31, p. 3283-3297, doi:10.1029/95WR02020.
11. Loucks, R.G., Reed, R.M., Ruppel, S.C., and Jarvie, D.M., 2009, Morphology, genesis, and distribution of nanometer-scale pores in siliceous mudstones of the Mississippian Barnett Shale: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 848-861, doi:10.2110/jsr.2009.092.
12. Mondol, N.H., Bjørlykke, K., and Jahren, J., 2008a, Experimental compaction of clays: Relationship between permeability and petrophysical properties in mudstones: Petroleum Geoscience, v. 14, p. 319-337, doi:10.1144/1354-079308-773.
13. Mondol, N.H., Fawad, M., Jahren, J., and Bjorlykke, K., 2008b, Synthetic mudstone compaction trends and their use in pore pressure prediction: First Break, v. 26, p. 43-51, doi:10.3997/1365-2397.2008018.
14. Mueth, D.M., Jaeger, H.M., and Nagel, S.R., 1998, Force distribution in a granular medium: Physical Review E, v. 57, p. 3164-3169, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.57.3164.
15. Revil, A., and Cathles, L.M., 1999, Permeability of shaly sands: Water Resources Research, v. 35, p. 651-662, doi:10.1029/98WR02700.
16. Santagata, M.C., and Kang, Y.I., 2007, Effects of geologic time on the initial stiffness of clays: Engineering Geology, v. 89, p. 98-111, doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.09.018.
17. Shafiee, A., 2008, Permeability of compacted granule-clay mixtures: Engineering Geology, v. 97, p. 199-208, doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.01.002.
18. Sheahan, T.C., 1991, An experimental study of the time-dependent undrained shear behavior of resedimented clay using automated stress path triaxial equipment [Ph.D. thesis]: Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 952 p.
19. Tavenas, F., Jean, P., Leblond, P., and Leroueil, S., 1983, The permeability of natural soft clays. Part 2: Permeability characteristics: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, v. 20, p. 645-660, doi:10.1139/t83-073.
20. Wagg, T.B., and Konrad, J.-M., 1990, Index properties of clay-silt mixtures: Québec City, Canada, Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 43rd, Proceedings, Volume 2, p. 705-710.
21. Yang, Y., and Aplin, A.C., 2010, A permeabilityporosity relationship for mudstones: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 27, p. 1692-1697, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.07.001.
22. Yang, Y.L., and Aplin, A.C., 1998, Infl uence of lithology and compaction on the pore size distribution and modelled permeability of some mudstones from the Norwegian margin: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 15, no. 2, p. 163-175, doi:10.1016/S0264-8172(98)00008-7.
23. Yang, Y.L., and Aplin, A.C., 2007, Permeability and petrophysical properties of 30 natural mudstones: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112, B03206, doi:10.1029/2005JB004243.
24. Zoback, M.D., Kitasei, S., and Copithorne, B., 2010, Addressing the environmental risks from shale gas development: Briefing Paper 1: Washington, D.C., Worldwatch Institute, 19 p.