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Title: Effective Pressure Law for the Intrinsic Formation Factor in Low Permeability Sandstones: EPL law for the formation factor

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The effective pressure law for the intrinsic formation factor of low permeability sandstones from the Ordos Basin (northwest of China) was studied experimentally by measuring the electrical resistivity of brine saturated rock samples while cycling the pore and confining pressures, pp and pc. We used a 100,000 ppm NaCl solution so that the results could be directly interpreted in terms of the intrinsic formation factor F. The Response Surface method was used to construct a quadratic function of pp and pc fitting the experimental data, from which the coefficient α of the effective pressure law, peff = pc – αpp, was determined. We found that the coefficient α generally had low values, mainly from 0.2 to 0.4, thus contradicting the theoretical prediction that α should be equal to 1 for scale-invariant properties, such as F, in linear elastic materials having a homogeneous solid matrix. Since the two underlying assumptions, linear elasticity and homogeneity of the solid matrix, are likely violated in reservoir rocks, we tried to assess their effects on α using simple analytical models, based on idealized geometries of the pore and solid phases. Analysis of these models suggests that non-linear elasticity associated with the formation of solid–solid contactsmore » in the compressed rocks (e.g., during closure of rough cracks or crack-like pores along the grain boundaries), may be more effective in producing the low α values observed than inhomogeneity of the solid matrix.« less

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  1. Southwest Petroleum Univ., Chengdu (China)
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1537222
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-97ER14760
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; Geochemistry & Geophysics

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Chen, M., Li, M., Bernabé, Y., Zhao, J. Z., Zhang, L. H., Zhang, Z. Y., Tang, Y. B., and Xiao, W. L. Effective Pressure Law for the Intrinsic Formation Factor in Low Permeability Sandstones: EPL law for the formation factor. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/2017jb014628.
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Chen, M., Li, M., Bernabé, Y., Zhao, J. Z., Zhang, L. H., Zhang, Z. Y., Tang, Y. B., & Xiao, W. L. Effective Pressure Law for the Intrinsic Formation Factor in Low Permeability Sandstones: EPL law for the formation factor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jb014628
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Chen, M., Li, M., Bernabé, Y., Zhao, J. Z., Zhang, L. H., Zhang, Z. Y., Tang, Y. B., and Xiao, W. L. Fri . "Effective Pressure Law for the Intrinsic Formation Factor in Low Permeability Sandstones: EPL law for the formation factor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jb014628. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1537222.
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@article{osti_1537222,
title = {Effective Pressure Law for the Intrinsic Formation Factor in Low Permeability Sandstones: EPL law for the formation factor},
author = {Chen, M. and Li, M. and Bernabé, Y. and Zhao, J. Z. and Zhang, L. H. and Zhang, Z. Y. and Tang, Y. B. and Xiao, W. L.},
abstractNote = {The effective pressure law for the intrinsic formation factor of low permeability sandstones from the Ordos Basin (northwest of China) was studied experimentally by measuring the electrical resistivity of brine saturated rock samples while cycling the pore and confining pressures, pp and pc. We used a 100,000 ppm NaCl solution so that the results could be directly interpreted in terms of the intrinsic formation factor F. The Response Surface method was used to construct a quadratic function of pp and pc fitting the experimental data, from which the coefficient α of the effective pressure law, peff = pc – αpp, was determined. We found that the coefficient α generally had low values, mainly from 0.2 to 0.4, thus contradicting the theoretical prediction that α should be equal to 1 for scale-invariant properties, such as F, in linear elastic materials having a homogeneous solid matrix. Since the two underlying assumptions, linear elasticity and homogeneity of the solid matrix, are likely violated in reservoir rocks, we tried to assess their effects on α using simple analytical models, based on idealized geometries of the pore and solid phases. Analysis of these models suggests that non-linear elasticity associated with the formation of solid–solid contacts in the compressed rocks (e.g., during closure of rough cracks or crack-like pores along the grain boundaries), may be more effective in producing the low α values observed than inhomogeneity of the solid matrix.},
doi = {10.1002/2017jb014628},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth},
number = 11,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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