• Geosystem Engineering
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.344-351
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• 2018

It is reported that the flooding rate in low permeability sandstones is low and the oil recovery is hard to increase after water breakthrough. Understanding characteristics of waterflood is hence important for the recovery improvement. In this work, flooding tests on low permeability sandstones were conducted. The corresponding flooding characteristics were investigated by means of CT scanning and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Effects of irreducible water and different rates were also discussed in detail. Experimental results reveal a piston-like displacement at a low rate in low permeability samples. The saturation profile is steep and almost vertical to the forward direction. The results at a low rate confirm that once water broke through, increasing the flooding rate or flooding time can hardly reduce the remaining oil inside the sample. It is probably due to the high pore-throat ratio proven by rate-controlled mercury. Results also confirm that the presence of initial water enhanced sweep efficiency substantially. On one hand, because water had previously occupied the small pores, the subsequent oil can only invade relatively large pores and became more movable. On the other hand, stable collars can not form due to the steep front, which may suppress the snap-off.

• 지질공학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.367-381
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• 2019

We investigate pore pressure conditions and reservoir compaction associated with oil and gas production using 3 different permeability models, which are all based on one-dimensional radial flow diffusion model, but differ in considering permeability evolution during production. Model 1 assumes the most simplistic constant and invariable permeability regardless of production; Model 2 considers permeability reduction associated with reservoir compaction only due to pore pressure drawdown during production; Model 3 also considers permeability reduction but due to the effects of both pore pressure drawdown and coupled pore pressure-stress process. We first derive a unified stress-permeability relation that can be used for various sandstones. We then apply this equation to calculate pore pressure and permeability changes in the reservoir due to fluid extraction using the three permeability models. All the three models yield pore pressure profiles in the form of pressure funnel with different amounts of drawdown. Model 1, assuming constant permeability, obviously predicts the least amount of drawdown with pore pressure condition highest among the three models investigated. Model 2 estimates the largest amount of drawdown and lowest pore pressure condition. Model 3 shows slightly higher pore pressure condition than Model 2 because stress-pore pressure coupling process reduces the effective stress increase due to pore pressure depletion. We compare field data of production rate with the results of the three models. While models 1 and 2 respectively overestimates and underestimates the production rate, Model 3 estimates the field data fairly well. Our result affirms that coupling process between stress and pore pressure occurs during production, and that it is important to incorporate the coupling process in the permeability modeling, especially for tight reservoir having low permeability.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.169-179
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• 2013

치밀 또는 셰일가스층과 같은 비전통 저류층에서 물성을 구할 때 기존의 전통 가스정 시험법을 적용하면 올바른 결과값을 얻을 수 없다. 일반적으로 셰일가스 저류층에서는 지층의 저투과성으로 인해 유동 속도가 느려 방사형 유동 구간이 나타나기까지의 시간이 매우 오래 걸리며 수압파쇄 후에는 방사형 유동 구간이 전혀 나타나지 않을 수도 있다. 이로 인해 시험 비용이 많이 들 뿐만 아니라 결과값의 정확도 또한 매우 낮다. 이러한 이유로 셰일가스 저류층 물성 분석법으로 DFIT(diagnostic fracture injection test)이 새롭게 주목받고 있다. 수압파쇄 전에 수행되는 DFIT은 셰일가스의 중요성이 커져감에 따라 저류층의 물성을 얻기 위한 가장 실용적인 방법 중의 하나로 알려져 있다. DFIT 데이터를 분석하는 방법에는 여러 가지가 있으며 한 가지 방법으로는 데이터를 잘못 분석할 수 있기 때문에 다양한 방법을 통해서 종합적으로 물성을 분석하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 다양한 DFIT 분석법들에 대해 설명하고 이를 통해 3개 저류층의 DFIT 데이터에서 여러 가지 분석법들이 어떻게 적용되는지 비교, 분석하여 정확한 저류층 물성을 얻고자 하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.537-546
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• 2020

Oil and natural gas reserves have been recognised abundantly in clayey rich rock formations in deep costal reservoirs. It is necessary to understand the sedimentary history of those reservoir rocks to well explore these natural resources. This work designs a group of laboratory experiments to mimic the physical process of the sedimentary clay-rich rock formation. It presents characterisation results of the physical properties of the artificial clayey rocks synthesized from illite clay, quartz sand and brine water by high-pressure consolidation tests. Special focus is given on the effects of illite clay content and high-stress consolidation on the physical properties. Multi-step loaded consolidation experiments were carried out with stress up to 35 MPa on mixtures constituting of the illite clay, quartz sand and brine water with five initial illite clay contents (w=85%, 70%, 55%, 40% and 25%). Compressibility and void ratio were characterised throughout the physical compaction process of the mixtures constituting of five illite clay contents and their water permeability was measured as well. Results show that the applied stress induces a great reduction of clayey rock void ratio. Illite clay contents has a significant influence on the compressibility, void ratio and the permeability of the physically synthesized clayey rocks. There is a critical illite clay content w=70% that induces the minimum void ratio in the physically synthesised clayey rocks. The SEM study indicates, in the high-pressure synthesised clayey rocks with high illite clay contents, the illite clay minerals are located in layers and serve as the material matrix, and the quartz minerals fill in the inter-mineral pores or are embedded in the illite clay matrix. The arrangements of the minerals in microscale originate the structural anisotropy of the high-pressure synthesised clayey rock. The test findings can give an intuitive physical understanding of the deep-buried clayey rock basins in energy reservoirs.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2024

현재 저수지 제체의 차수성 및 안전성 확보를 위해 약액을 저압으로 주입하여 제체 손상을 최소화하는 그라우팅 공법이 보편적으로 사용되고 있으나, 내구성 확보와 체계적인 고화재의 배합비 결정방법이 정립되어 있지 않은 문제들이 있다. 본 연구에서는 원지반과 고화재를 다양한 중량비율로 교반·혼합하였을 경우 혼합체의 투수계수와 강도를 실내시험을 통해 확인하였으며, 시험결과들의 분석을 통해 최적 배합비를 제안하였다. 실내실험을 위한 공시체는 고화재의 배합량을 고려하여 제작하였다. 투수시험용 공시체는 사질토와 점성토 별 고화재 배합량 1.5kN/m³에 대해 제작하였으며, 투수시험 결과 차수 성능이 확보되어 각종 설계기준을 만족하는 것을 확인하였다. 강도시험을 위한 공시체는 점성토의 경우 5가지, 사질토는 3가지 배합비로 각각 3개 총 24개의 시편을 제작하였으며, 시험 결과 사질토와 점성토 모두 배합량 2.0kN/m³ 이하에서는 일축압축강도가 재령일이 증가함에 따라 선형적으로 증가하는 경향을 나타냈다. 따라서 현장에 적용되는 최적의 배합비는 고화재 배합량을 1.5kN/m³ 및 2.0kN/m³으로 결정하였다. 또한 현재 운영 중인 노후 저수지 개보수사업 설계사례를 대상으로 실험성과를 반영한 수치해석을 실시한 결과 저수지 제체의 차수 및 안전성 증대 효과를 확인하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.790-799
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• 2010

The Upper Devonian Grossmont Formation in Alberta, Canada reserves an estimated 50 billion cubic meters of bitumen and possess about 1/6 of the total bitumen resources in northern Alberta. However, unlike the overlying Athabasca oil sands, non conventional bitumen resources has not been developed as yet. The carbonate rocks of Grosmont Formation have been subject to various stages of diagenesis, including dolomatization and karstification with a strong effect on the distribution of porosity and permeability, which resulted in highly heterogeneous reservoirs. An extensive fracture logging and mapping was performed on total of six boreholes located in the study area to explore the characteristics of fracture geometry system and the subsurface structures of carbonates reservoir that holds bitumen. Fractal dimension was used as a measure of the statistical homogeneity of the fractured rock masses. The applicability of random Cantor dust, Dc, as a fractal parameter was examined systematically. The statistical homogeneity of fractured carbonates rock masses was investigated in the study area. The structural domains of the rock masses were delineated depthwise according to estimated Dc. The major fracture orientation was dominated by horizontal beddings having dip of $0-20^{\circ}$. Also, fractures having high dip angles existed with relatively low frequency. Three dimensional fracture network modeling for each structural domain has been performed based on fracture orientation and intensity, and some representative conceptual models for carbonates reservoir in the study area has been proposed. The developed subsurface conceptual models will be used to capture the geomechanical characteristics of the carbonates reservoir.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.535-541
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• 2019

Combining the radial well drilling and hydraulic fracturing technique, the production capacity of the reservoirs with low-permeability can be improved effectively. Due to the existence of radial holes, the stress around the well is redistributed, and the initiation and propagation of hydraulic fractures are different with those in traditional hydraulic fracturing. Therefore, it is necessary to study the influences of radial horizontal wells on hydraulic fracturing. The laboratory experiment was conducted to simulate the hydraulic fracturing on the physical model with radial holes. The experimental results showed that, compared with the borehole without radial holes, the sample with radial hole in the direction of maximum horizontal stress was fractured with significantly lower pressure. As the angle between direction of the horizontal hole and the maximum horizontal stress increased, the breakdown pressure grew. While when the radial hole was drilled towards the direction of the minimum horizontal stress, the breakdown pressure increased to that needed in the borehole without radial holes. When the angle between the radial hole and the maximum horizontal stress increase, the pressure required to propagate the fractures grew apparently, and the fracture become complex. Meanwhile, the deeper the radial hole drilled, the less the pressure was needed for fracturing.

• 한국석유지질학회지
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• 제4권1_2호
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• pp.27-39
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• 1996

백악기 당시 미국 걸프만 퇴적분지는 대륙연변부의 색(sag)형 퇴적분지로서의 진화과정을 거치고 있었다. 두꺼운 백악기의 쇄설성과 탄산염 퇴적층은 상승 교란작용을 받은 암염층을 덮고 있다. 당시 걸프만 퇴적분지의 염분도는 넓게 발달하고 있는 초조간대의 경석고 퇴적층의 분포로 보아 현생의 페르시아만 환경과 유사했던 것으로 추정된다. 하부 백악기의 주요 저류암 (reservoir)으로는 쇄설성 퇴적암층인 카튼밸리(Cotton Valley), 허스톤(Hosston), 트래비스픽(Travis Peak)층과 탄산염 퇴적암층인 슬리고(Sligo), 트리니티(Trinity) - 파인아일랜드(Pine Island), 피어살(Pearsall), 글랜로스(Glen Rose), 에드워드(Edwards), 조오지타운(Georgetown)/부다(Buda) 층이 있다. 이 시기 저류암층에 탄화수소를 공급했던 근원암(source rock)으로는 경사방향 하부(down-dip)에 위치하고 있는 셰일과 이회암층이 꼽히고, 덮개암(seal)은 대개 경사방향 상부(up-dip)에 위치하고 있는 계일과 치밀한 석회암층, 그리고 증발암으로 보인다. 하부 백악기 동안 전 걸프만 퇴적분지는 천해환경하에 있었는데, 남서부 지역은 백악기 말까지 계속 이어졌던 천해 탄산염 환경이,북쪽과 서쪽지역에서는 육성기원의 세립질 퇴적물이 주로 집적되는 환경이었다. 상부 백악기동안에는 걸프만 퇴적분지는 주요한 해수면 상승기와 연관되어 비교적 수심이 깊었던 환경하에 있었으며 이 때 형성된 주요 저류암층으로는 우드바인(Woodbine)/투스칼루사(Tuscaloosa) 사암층, 테일러(Taylor) 나바로(Navarro) 사암층과 오스틴(Austin) 백악 및 탄산염암층이 있다. 이 저류암층에 탄화수소를 공급했던 근원암층으로는 경사방향 하부의 셰일층이, 그리고 덮개암층은 경사방향 상부의 계일층이 그 역할을 담당했던 것으로 해석된다. 뗘악기 하부와 상부 퇴적층의 주요 트랩(trap)으로는 완만한 기둥형(pillow)으로부터 복잡한 다이아피어(diapir) 형태의 암염층 관련 배사구조와 하단 단층블록위에 놓여 있으며 롤오버(rollover) 배사구조를 갖는 성장단층이 있다. 투수 장애(permeability barrier), 상부 경사방향으로 첨멸하는 사암체(up-dip pinch-out sand body깥 침식부정합면(unconformity truncation)도. 걸프만 석유부존에 중요한 역할을 한 트랩들이다. 백악기의 주요한 저류암층들은 범세계 해수면곡선의 하강시기와 잘 일치하고 있는데 이는 백악기동안 형성된 걸프만의 퇴적층서가 범세계 해수면곡선을 전반적으로 잘 반영하고 있음을 의미한다. 즉 퇴적작용을 주로 지배하는 세 즌요 변수인 지구조적인 분지의 침강운동,퇴적물의 공급,해수면 변동오그÷중에서 해수면 변동요소가 이 시기동안 가장 중요한 역할을 했음을 의미한다.