Petroleum reservoir quality prediction: overview and contrasting approaches from sandstone and carbonate communities

RH Worden, PJ Armitage, AR Butcher, JM Churchill… - 2018‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The porosity and permeability of sandstone and carbonate reservoirs (known as reservoir
quality) are essential inputs for successful oil and gas resource exploration and exploitation …

Bentheimer sandstone revisited for experimental purposes

AE Peksa, KHAA Wolf, PLJ Zitha - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Bentheimer sandstone outcrop samples are ideal for laboratory studies due to their lateral
continuity and block scale homogeneous nature. Over the years they have been used to …

Relationships between permeability, porosity and effective stress for low-permeability sedimentary rock

J Zheng, L Zheng, HH Liu, Y Ju - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
As the effective stress increases, low-permeability rock undergoes fairly small porosity
changes, but significant decrease in the permeability. Empirical relationships based on …

[كتاب][B] Engineering properties of rocks

L Zhang - 2016‏ - books.google.com
More often than not, it is difficult or even impossible to obtain directly the specific rock
parameters of interest using in situ methods. The procedures for measuring most rock …

A novel in-seam borehole hydraulic flushing gas extraction technology in the heading face: Enhanced permeability mechanism, gas flow characteristics, and …

H Zhang, Y Cheng, Q Liu, L Yuan, J Dong… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The heading face in soft and low-permeability coal seams is one of the most high-risk areas
for Chinese coal and gas miners because of the number of outburst-related accidents. To …

Microstructural and petrophysical properties of the Permo-Triassic sandstones (Buntsandstein) from the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal site (France)

MJ Heap, ARL Kushnir, HA Gilg, FB Wadsworth… - Geothermal …, 2017‏ - Springer
Geothermal projects in the Upper Rhine Graben aim to harness thermal anomalies that have
arisen due to hydrothermal circulation within the granitic basement and the overlying Permo …

Strength anisotropy of Berea sandstone: results of X-ray computed tomography, compression tests, and discrete modeling

KY Kim, L Zhuang, H Yang, H Kim, KB Min - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2016‏ - Springer
Berea sandstone in northern Ohio is a transversely isotropic rock. X-ray CT investigations
showed that its internal structure is composed of cross-bedded loose layers and relatively …

Experimental investigation and micromechanical analysis of damage and permeability variation in brittle rocks

T Jiang, JF Shao, WY Xu, CB Zhou - International Journal of Rock …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Induced anisotropic damage and related permeability variation in brittle rocks are
investigated. Triaxial compression tests with permeability measurement are first performed. It …

Permeability anisotropy and its relations with porous medium structure

JB Clavaud, A Maineult, M Zamora… - Journal of …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
The complete permeability tensor of 18 porous rock cores was determined by means of X‐
ray tomography monitoring during the displacement of a salty tracer. To study the effect of …

Compaction and failure in high porosity carbonates: Mechanical data and microstructural observations

P Baud, S Vinciguerra, C David, A Cavallo… - Pure and Applied …, 2009‏ - Springer
We investigated systematically the micromechanics of compaction in two carbonates of
porosity above 30%, Majella grainstone and Saint Maximin limestone. The composition …