The influence of reverse-reactivated normal faults on porosity and permeability in sandstones: a case study at Castle Cove, Otway Basin

Natalie Debenham, Rosalind C. King, Natalie J. C. Farrell, David Healy, Simon P. Holford

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... measurements were undertaken on a LS13320 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyser following the methods of Blott et al. (2004). Pore throat size distributions...

The influence of reverse-reactivated normal faults on porosity and permeability in sandstones: a case study at Castle Cove, Otway Basin

Natalie Debenham, Rosalind C. King, Natalie J. C. Farrell, David Healy, Simon P. Holford

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... Diffraction Particle Size Analyser following the methods of Blott et al. (2004). Pore throat size distributions and pore connectivity were determined...

Gas Relative Permeability and Evolution During Water Imbibition in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks: Direct Laboratory Measurement and a Conceptual Model

Sheng Peng

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., respectively. The parameter λ in Eq. 1 and 2 is the pore size distribution index related to the capillary pressure. λ is used as a fitting parameter...

Abstract: Seal Controls on Trap Capacity and Migration

William T. Shea, Jr. and Susan Haggerty

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... control hydrocarbon column heights and influence the geometry and position of migration pathways. We have used mercury-injection capillary pressure...

ABSTRACT: Mineralogical Controls on Seal Capacity in the Muderong Shale, Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Australia, by Kovack, Gillian E., David N. Dewhurst, Mark Raven, John G. Kaldi; #90026 (2004)

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Petrophysical Analysis of Piceance Basin Tight Gas Sandstones, Northwest Colorado, To Distinguish Wet Sands from Gas-Bearing Sands, and To Categorize Rock Quality Variation by Incorporating Capillary Pressure Interpretations

Michael Holmes, Antony M. Holmes, Dominic I. Holmes

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... from inter-granular porosity. The capillary pressure value is termed Pc model change, or Pcmc, and the saturation value is termed Sw model change...

Evaluation of possible gas microseepage mechanisms

Alton Brown

AAPG Bulletin

... that the nonwetting phase have sufficient capillary pressure to invade the pore network. The capillary displacement pressures for gas in sealing lithologies...

Rapid Identification and Ranking of Reservoir Flow Units, Happy Spraberry Field, Garza County, Texas, by John Layman III and Wayne Ahr, #40144 (2005).

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Application of the Lucia Method in Carbonate Petrophysics

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Micromodel Study of the Impacts of Fracture Connectivity and Wettability on Matrix Sweep Efficiency

Yujing Du, Ayaz Mehmani, Ke Xu, Matthew Balhoff, Carlos Torres-Verdin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... flow phenomena such as the continuity of the wetting phase and the capillary snap-off of the non-wetting phase can be captured with pore-scale 3-D...

Synthetic Nano-Petrophysics Investigation of the Haynesville Shale in Eastern Texas, #51563 (2019).

Qiming Wang, Qinhong Hu, Fred Meendsen,

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... is an organic-rich reservoir with more than 70% of brittle minerals (carbonate, quartz, mica). (2) Pore-throat size is concentrated in 2.8~50 nm. (3...

Issues with Gas Relative Permeability in Low-permeability Sandstones

Alan P. Byrnes

AAPG Special Volumes

... reflecting the capillary-pressure property differences and relative pore volumes among the beds in series. For these networks, Sgc can range widely...

Pore Structure Inhibits Gas Diffusion in the Barnett Shale; #50609 (2012)

Qinhong Hu, Zhiye Gao, Sheng Peng, and Robert Ewing

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... angle (130–140o) for Hg  Pc : capillary pressure (micro bar) 20% 0.01 0.1 0.306±0.019 (N=3) 2.88 14.8 5.96 7,219’ (N=1) 5.31 7,199’ 0.283...

Determination of Residual Water Saturation of Samples by the Method of Capillary Absorption (Extraction)

S. I. Shishigin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... is calculated by the formula: P = 2ϱ/r where P is the capillary pressure, dynes per cm2; ϱ is the surface tension of the liquid, dynes per cm; and r is pore...

Porosity Characterization Utilizing Petrographic Image Analysis: Implications for Rapid Identification and Ranking of Reservoir Flow Units, Happy Sprayberry Field, Garza County, Texas

John M. Layman, II, Wayne M. Ahr

West Texas Geological Society

... is a useful predictor of median pore throat aperture, which would otherwise only be available by performing expensive mercury injection capillary pressure tests...

Reservoir Fluids

Mike Shepherd

AAPG Special Volumes

... is the acceleration of gravity; and h is the height above the free-water level.The equation for capillary forces is given bywhere Pc is the capillary pressure...

Rock and Fluid Properties

Mike Shepherd

AAPG Special Volumes

... collectively analyzing capillary pressure data, including: entry pressures, pore throat size distributions, core data, the petrophysical interpretation, thin...

ABSTRACT: PETROPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND RESERVOIR MODELING OF GCA FIELDS; #90024 (2004)

Nusret Aliyev, Shahin Negahban

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... on pore-throat radius distribution, capillary pressure data, mineralogy and core porosity-permeability relationships. A new statistical approach...

Reservoir Property Implications of Pore Geometry Modification Accompanying Sand Diagenesis: Anahuac Formation, Louisiana: Part 3. Applications in Exploration and Production

Michael T. Holland

AAPG Special Volumes

... and pressure solution at tangential point contacts help prevent grain rotation and reduction in pore size under stress. Pore-to-throat size ratios...

Water Above the Transition Zone in Carbonate Oil Reservoirs

N. C. Wardlaw

CSPG Bulletin

... and pore abundance). Previously, it was concluded from capillary-pressure curves that pore-throat size and, by association, pore size, decrease...

Electrical and fluid flow properties of carbonate microporosity types from multiscale digital image analysis and mercury injection

Jan H. Norbisrath, Gregor P. Eberli, Ben Laurich, Guillaume Desbois, Ralf J. Weger, and Janos L. Urai

AAPG Bulletin

..., 1991, Petrography and reservoir physics II: Relating thin section porosity to capillary pressure, the association between pore types and throat size...

Abstract: Experimental Evaluation of Cement Integrity on Exposure to Supercritical CO2 Using NMR: Application to Geostorage; #91208 (2024)

Sidi Mamoudou, Mark Curtis, Son Dang, Chandra Rai

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... Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) to determine invasion extent and microstructure modifications, Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP) for pore throat...

Influence of Gas and Oil State on Oil Mobility and Sweet Spot Distribution in Tight Oil Reservoirs From the Perspective of Capillary Force

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Abstract: Effect of Confining Stress on Pore Geometry Exponent Applications to Libyan Sandstone Reservoirs; #91210 (2025)

Hassan Sbiga

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... and cannot be confined. Most pore size distribution measurements have been determined by the mercury injection procedure. Capillary pressure, pore size...

Comparison between the Different Approaches of Secondary and Tertiary Hydrocarbon Migration Modeling in Basin Simulators

Sylvie Pegaz-Fiornet, Bernard Carpentier, Anthony Michel, Sylvie Wolf

AAPG Special Volumes

... tensor of the porous media (m2), Kr is the relative permeability, Pw is the pore pressure in the water phase (Pa), Pc is the capillary pressure (Pa...