Image-based modeling of flow in natural partially cemented fractures

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2013, URTC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tokan Lawal, Adenike ^a   Prodanović, Maša ^b   Eichhubl, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CEMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SANDSTONE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE CURVES; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION MICROTOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE-BASED MODELING; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; TIGHT SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85086058946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/urtec2013-281     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (21)

1. Ball, B.C. Modeling of soil pores as tubes using gas permeabilities, gas diffusivities and water release. Journal of Soil Science vol. 32, pp. 465-481, 1981
2. Bear, J. Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media, New York: American Elsevier, pp. 764, 1972.
3. Carman, P.C. Fluid flow through granular beds. Transactions Inst. Chem. Eng., vol. 15, pp.150 - 166, 1937
4. Carman, P.C. Flow of Gases through Porous Media. Butterworths Scientific Publication, London, 1956.
5. Chen, C. and Horne, R. Two-phase flow in rough-walled fractures: Experiments and a flow structure model. Water Resources Research, vol. 42 (3), W03430, doi:10.1029/2004WR003837, 2006.
6. Ellis, M.A, Laubach, S.E., Eichhubl, P, Olson, J.E., and Hargrove, P. Fracture development and diagenesis of Torridon Group Applecross Formation, near An Teallach, NW Scotland: millennia of brittle deformation resilience? Journal of Geological Society, 169(3), 297-310, 2012.
7. Faris, S. R, Gournay, S., Lipson, L.B., and Webb, T.S. 1954, Verification of Tortuosity Equations, AAPG Bulletin, vol. 38, pp. 2226-2232.,1954.
8. Finney, J. L., Random packings and the structure of simple liquids. I. The geometry of random close packing. Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 319, 479, pp. 479-493, 1970.
9. Gale, J. F., Reed, R. M., and Holder, J. Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale and their importance for hydraulic fracture treatments, AAPG Bulletin, vol. 91, no. 4, pp. 603-622, Apr. 2007.
10. Laubach, S. E., Olson, J. E., Eichhubl, P., Fomel, S. B., and Marrett, R. A. Natural fractures from the perspective of diagenesis, in CSEG Recorder, pp. 26-31, 2010.
11. Lindquist, W.B., and Venkatarangan, A.B.: Investigating 3D geometry of porous media from high resolution images. Phys. Chem. Earth A vol. 25, pp. 593-599, 1999.
12. Meredith, R.E. and Tobias, C.W. Conduction in heterogeneous systems. In: Tobias, C.W. (ed.) Advances in Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering 2, Interscience Publishers, New York, 1962..
13. Oh, W. and W. B. Lindquist. Image thresholding by indicator kriging. IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. vol. 21 pp. 590-602, 1999.
14. Olson, J. E., Laubach, S. E., and Lander, R. H. Natural fracture characterization in tight gas sandstones: Integrating mechanics and diagenesis. AAPG Bulletin, vol. 93, no. 11, pp. 1535-1549, Nov. 2009.
15. Palabos. Fluid Flow at your fingertips. Retrieved from http://www.palabos.org. Website last accessed May 31, 2013.
16. Pieters, D.A., and Graves, R.M. Fracture Relative Permeability: Linear or Non-Linear function of Saturation. SPE paper presented at the International Petroleum Conference & Exhibition of Mexico in Veracruz, 10-13 October, 1994.
17. Prodanović, M., Lindquist, W.B., Seright, R.S. 3D image-based characterization of fluid displacement in a Berea core. Adv. Water Resources. vol. 30, pp. 214-226, 2007.
18. Prodanović, M., Bryant, S., Karpyn, Z. Investigating matrix/fracture transfer via a level set method for drainage and imbibition. SPE J. vol. 15, pp. 125-136, 2010.
19. Rodriquez, E., Prodanovic, M. and Bryant, S.L. Contact Line Extraction and Length Measurements in Model Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 368, pp. 558-577, 2012
20. Watson, R.W, and Boukadi, F.H. The Effects of clay matrix, carbonate cement and quartz overgrowth on wettability, porosity, residual oil saturation, tortuosity and rock surface area of Berea. SPE paper presented at the CIM/OSTRA technical conference in Banff, 21-24 April, 1991.
21. Wildenschild, D, and Sheppard, A. P. X-ray Imaging and Analysis Techniques for Quantifying Pore-scale Structure and Processes in Subsurface Porous Medium Systems. Advances in Water Resources, vol. 51 (January, 2013): pp. 217-246. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.07.018.