Deep carbonate reservoirs are subject to in-situ conditions of high temperature and high pressure. We consider six water-saturated dolomite specimens from these reservoirs and perform ultrasonic experiments to obtain the P- and S-wave waveforms and velocities under different pressure and temperature conditions. The P-wave attenuation is estimated using the spectral-ratio method. The results show that with the increase of temperature, the velocities slightly decrease and attenuation increases. At effective pressures <40 MPa, the P-wave velocities increase sharply with pressure and then approximately linearly at higher pressures, while attenuation decreases gradually with pressure. The crack porosity as a function of pressure is obtained from the experimental data. The P-wave velocities decrease with this porosity while attenuation shows an opposite behavior. Then, a multiscale poroelasticity model considering micro-, meso- and macro-scale fluid-flow mechanisms is proposed to analyze the...
Effects of temperature and pressure on the wave responses of deep carbonate reservoirs
Carcione J. M.;
2023-01-01
Abstract
Deep carbonate reservoirs are subject to in-situ conditions of high temperature and high pressure. We consider six water-saturated dolomite specimens from these reservoirs and perform ultrasonic experiments to obtain the P- and S-wave waveforms and velocities under different pressure and temperature conditions. The P-wave attenuation is estimated using the spectral-ratio method. The results show that with the increase of temperature, the velocities slightly decrease and attenuation increases. At effective pressures <40 MPa, the P-wave velocities increase sharply with pressure and then approximately linearly at higher pressures, while attenuation decreases gradually with pressure. The crack porosity as a function of pressure is obtained from the experimental data. The P-wave velocities decrease with this porosity while attenuation shows an opposite behavior. Then, a multiscale poroelasticity model considering micro-, meso- and macro-scale fluid-flow mechanisms is proposed to analyze the...File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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