Characterization of Pore Throat Size Distribution in Tight Sandstones with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and High-Pressure Mercury Intrusion
Characterization of pore throat size distribution (PTSD) in tight sandstones is of substantial significance for tight sandstone reservoirs evaluation. High-pressure mercury intrusion (HPMI) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are the effective methods for characterizing PTSD of reservoirs. NMR <...
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| author | Hongjun Xu Yiren Fan Falong Hu Changxi Li Jun Yu Zhichao Liu Fuyong Wang |
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| description | Characterization of pore throat size distribution (PTSD) in tight sandstones is of substantial significance for tight sandstone reservoirs evaluation. High-pressure mercury intrusion (HPMI) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are the effective methods for characterizing PTSD of reservoirs. NMR <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> spectra is usually converted to mercury intrusion capillary pressure for PTSD characterization. However, the conversion is challenging in tight sandstones due to tiny pore throat sizes. In this paper, the linear conversion method and the nonlinear conversion method are investigated, and the error minimization method and the least square method are proposed to calculate the conversion coefficients of the linear conversion method and the nonlinear conversion method, respectively. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of these two different conversion methods are discussed and compared with field case study. The research results show that the average linear conversion coefficients of the 20 tight sandstone core plugs collected from Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin of China is 0.0133 μm/ms; the average nonlinear conversion coefficient is 0.0093 μm/ms and the average nonlinear conversion exponent is 0.725. Although PTSD converted from NMR spectra by the nonlinear conversion method is wider than that obtained from linear conversion method, the nonlinear conversion method can retain the characteristic of bi-modal distribution in PTSD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db10009e49c340a48672cb91f147ed412022-12-22T04:28:39ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-04-01128152810.3390/en12081528en12081528Characterization of Pore Throat Size Distribution in Tight Sandstones with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and High-Pressure Mercury IntrusionHongjun Xu0Yiren Fan1Falong Hu2Changxi Li3Jun Yu4Zhichao Liu5Fuyong Wang6School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaResearch Institute of Enhanced Oil Recovery, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaResearch Institute of Enhanced Oil Recovery, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaCharacterization of pore throat size distribution (PTSD) in tight sandstones is of substantial significance for tight sandstone reservoirs evaluation. High-pressure mercury intrusion (HPMI) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are the effective methods for characterizing PTSD of reservoirs. NMR <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> spectra is usually converted to mercury intrusion capillary pressure for PTSD characterization. However, the conversion is challenging in tight sandstones due to tiny pore throat sizes. In this paper, the linear conversion method and the nonlinear conversion method are investigated, and the error minimization method and the least square method are proposed to calculate the conversion coefficients of the linear conversion method and the nonlinear conversion method, respectively. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of these two different conversion methods are discussed and compared with field case study. The research results show that the average linear conversion coefficients of the 20 tight sandstone core plugs collected from Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin of China is 0.0133 μm/ms; the average nonlinear conversion coefficient is 0.0093 μm/ms and the average nonlinear conversion exponent is 0.725. Although PTSD converted from NMR spectra by the nonlinear conversion method is wider than that obtained from linear conversion method, the nonlinear conversion method can retain the characteristic of bi-modal distribution in PTSD.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/8/1528tight sandstoneHPMINMRpore throat size distributioncapillary pressure<i>T</i><sub>2</sub> spectra |
| spellingShingle | Hongjun Xu Yiren Fan Falong Hu Changxi Li Jun Yu Zhichao Liu Fuyong Wang Characterization of Pore Throat Size Distribution in Tight Sandstones with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and High-Pressure Mercury Intrusion Energies tight sandstone HPMI NMR pore throat size distribution capillary pressure <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> spectra |
| title | Characterization of Pore Throat Size Distribution in Tight Sandstones with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and High-Pressure Mercury Intrusion |
| title_full | Characterization of Pore Throat Size Distribution in Tight Sandstones with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and High-Pressure Mercury Intrusion |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of Pore Throat Size Distribution in Tight Sandstones with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and High-Pressure Mercury Intrusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of Pore Throat Size Distribution in Tight Sandstones with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and High-Pressure Mercury Intrusion |
| title_short | Characterization of Pore Throat Size Distribution in Tight Sandstones with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and High-Pressure Mercury Intrusion |
| title_sort | characterization of pore throat size distribution in tight sandstones with nuclear magnetic resonance and high pressure mercury intrusion |
| topic | tight sandstone HPMI NMR pore throat size distribution capillary pressure <i>T</i><sub>2</sub> spectra |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/8/1528 |
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