High resolution resistivity measurements on core plugs

    公开(公告)号:US10094795B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US14990689

    申请日:2016-01-07

    Abstract: A tool having two current electrodes, three or more voltage electrodes, and a measurement device capable of making electrical measurements is provided, along with a sample. With electrical connectivity to the sample, one current electrode is disposed at one location on the sample while the other current electrode is disposed at another location on the sample, and the three or more voltage electrodes are disposed on the sample intermediate the two current electrodes. An electric current is passed through the sample. The measurement device is used to make a first set of electrical measurements that involve a first pair of voltage electrodes and to make a second set of electrical measurements that involve a second pair of voltage electrodes. The first set of electrical measurements is compared to the second set of electrical measurements. It is inferred whether the sample has heterogeneous electrical properties using the compared electrical measurements.

    MEASURING TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON OF SHALES USING THERMAL EXPANSION

    公开(公告)号:US20170336528A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-23

    申请号:US15159425

    申请日:2016-05-19

    Abstract: A tool having an energy source and a surface roughness measurement device is provided. A baseline measurement of surface roughness of a sample is made. The sample is then exposed to energy from the energy source, causing the temperature of the sample to increase. A second measurement of surface roughness of the sample is made. The change in surface roughness of the sample is determined. Formation properties such as the total organic carbon in the sample is inferred based on the determined change in surface roughness of the sample. The tool may be disposed in a wellbore and may use packers to isolate a portion of the wellbore, or it may use a hydraulic seal on an extendible member to isolate a sample portion of the wellbore wall. The energy source may be a laser that produces radiation that selectively heats a particular component of the sample constituent material.

    High Resolution Resistivity Measurements on Core Plugs

    公开(公告)号:US20170199141A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-13

    申请号:US14990689

    申请日:2016-01-07

    CPC classification number: G01N27/028 G01N27/041

    Abstract: A tool having two current electrodes, three or more voltage electrodes, and a measurement device capable of making electrical measurements is provided, along with a sample. With electrical connectivity to the sample, one current electrode is disposed at one location on the sample while the other current electrode is disposed at another location on the sample, and the three or more voltage electrodes are disposed on the sample intermediate the two current electrodes. An electric current is passed through the sample. The measurement device is used to make a first set of electrical measurements that involve a first pair of voltage electrodes and to make a second set of electrical measurements that involve a second pair of voltage electrodes. The first set of electrical measurements is compared to the second set of electrical measurements. It is inferred whether the sample has heterogeneous electrical properties using the compared electrical measurements.

    Downhole Wettability Estimate Using Multi-Frequency Dielectric Measurements
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    发明申请
    Downhole Wettability Estimate Using Multi-Frequency Dielectric Measurements 审中-公开
    使用多频介质测量的井下润湿性估计

    公开(公告)号:US20150127264A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-07

    申请号:US14528521

    申请日:2014-10-30

    CPC classification number: G01V3/38 E21B2049/085 G01V3/30 G01V99/00

    Abstract: The wettability of a formation may be estimated using a multi-frequency dielectric measurement tool. Multi-frequency dielectric dispersion measurements are made using the multi-frequency dielectric measurement tool on a sample. The bulk density and the total porosity of the sample are also otherwise acquired. The bulk density, matrix permittivity, total porosity, and multi-frequency dielectric dispersion measurements are input into a petrophysical dielectric model and the petrophysical dielectric model is applied to obtain inversion results. A wettability state of the sample is determined using the inversion results and one or more reservoir management decisions are made based on the determined wettability state of the sample. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium may be provided that has stored on it one or more programs that provide instructions. The instructions are executed by a processor and cause the processor to develop an estimation of formation wettability that may be used for reservoir management.

    Abstract translation: 可以使用多频电介质测量工具来估计地层的润湿性。 使用样品上的多频电介质测量工具进行多频介质色散测量。 还可以获得样品的体积密度和总孔隙率。 将体积密度,基质介电常数,总孔隙率和多频介质分散测量输入到岩石物理介电模型中,并应用岩石物理介电模型以获得反演结果。 使用反演结果确定样品的润湿性状态,并且基于所确定的样品的润湿性状态进行一个或多个储层管理决定。 可以提供在其上存储有提供指令的一个或多个程序的非暂时的计算机可读存储介质。 指令由处理器执行,并使处理器开发可用于油藏管理的地层润湿性的估计。

    KEROGEN MATURITY AND POROSITY IN SHALE

    公开(公告)号:US20210140902A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US16491987

    申请日:2018-03-07

    Abstract: A system having an NMR measurement device make measurements on a region of investigation in which an NMR-active fluid has been injected. A source of the NMR-active fluid (e.g., methane) is provided, and the pressure of the region of investigation may be monitored. A sealing apparatus serves to isolate the region of investigation. A parameter is estimating using the obtained measurement. The parameter estimated may include the inter-granular porosity, intra-kerogen porosity, kerogen maturity, free gas volume, and/or adsorbed gas volume. A baseline measurement may be made prior to injecting the NMR-active fluid, and the region of investigation may be evacuated before injecting the NMR-active fluid. The obtained T2 distribution can be resolved and each peak attributed to different constituent sources of the signal. The system can be conveyed into a wellbore using a drillstring, a wireline, a slickline, or a coil tubing.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING ROCK HETEROGENEITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210048382A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-18

    申请号:US16543006

    申请日:2019-08-16

    Abstract: A scratch tester has at least one cutter that moves simultaneously both rotationally and axially relative to the rock it is cutting. When rotational and axial movements are constant, the cutter generates a helical groove in the rock. In borehole embodiments, the scratch tester is fixed at a desired location using centralizers, and the cutter is provided on a motorized platform/track that translates between the centralizers and rotates around a central axis. The cutter faces outward and extends via a cutter arm to engage and carve a helical groove in the borehole wall. A laboratory scratch tester includes a holder for a solid cylindrical core sample and a motorized translating frame on which a cutter extends. The cutter is directed toward the core sample, and the holder with the core sample is rotated by a motor so that as the cutter translates relative thereto, a helical groove is cut thereinto.

    TOTAL GAS IN PLACE ESTIMATE
    29.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190271213A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16418822

    申请日:2019-05-21

    Abstract: A mineralogy composition of a formation of interest is determined using core samples or downhole measurements. A dry permittivity is determined for each identified mineral. A volumetric mixing law is employed using the determined mineralogy composition and the determined dry permitivities. An effective matrix permittivity is determined using results from the volumetric mixing law. Dielectric dispersion measurements of the subject formation are acquired using the core samples or the downhole measurements. A dielectric petrophysical model is produced using the dielectric dispersion measurements and the effective matrix permittivity. A water saturation is estimated based on the dielectric petrophysical model. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) T2 measurements having short echo spacings are acquired. A NMR petrophysical model is generated based on the NMR T2 measurements. A total porosity is determined based on the generated NMR petrophysical model. A total gas-in-place estimate is made using the determined total porosity and the estimated water saturation.

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