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- Title
Effects of microfractures on permeability in carbonate rocks based on digital core technology.
- Authors
Changfu Liu; Li Zhang; Yongchen Li; Fugui Liu; Martyushev, Dmitriy A.; Yongfei Yang
- Abstract
Carbonate reservoirs develop many different types of microfractures that play an important role in increasing the effective reservoir space and permeability. Thus, the qualitative and quantitative characterisation of the effect of microfractures on permeability in rocks is essential. In this study, a quantitative method for evaluating the impact of different microfracture parameters on carbonate rock permeability was proposed. Lattice Boltzmann simulations were carried on two carbonate digital cores with different types of artificially added microfractures. Based on the simulation results, a partial least squares regression analysis was used to investigate the impact of microfractures on the permeability of the cores. Increases in the fracture length, aperture, and density were found to linearly increase the permeability of the carbonate rocks, and as the fracture length increased to penetrate the whole core, an exponential increase in permeability was observed. Additionally, the effect of microfractures on the digital core permeability was more significant in cores with high permeability compared to that in low-permeability cores. Although both fractures and matrix permeability contribute to the permeability of the digital cores, the former were found to have a greater effect on the permeability.
- Subjects
CARBONATE rocks; DIGITAL technology; COMPUTER simulation; LATTICE Boltzmann methods; RESERVOIRS
- Publication
Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2022, Vol 6, Issue 1, p86
- ISSN
2207-9963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.46690/ager.2022.01.07