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The Use of Computed Tomography and 3-D Printing Technology to Replicate Reservoir Previous HitPoreNext Hit Previous HitSystemsNext Hit

Sergey Ishutov
Geology, Iowa State University of Technology and Science, Ames, IA, USA
[email protected]

Abstract

At present, Previous HitporeNext Hit-scale imaging and modeling are becoming routine geoscience techniques for reservoir simulation in oil and gas industry. Three-dimensional printing may facilitate the transformation of digital Previous HitporeNext Hit-space models into physical samples that can be tested using traditional laboratory methods and compared to numerical estimates and literature data. The objective of this study is to produce artificial reservoir rocks from digital models of natural rocks and identify the difference between artificial and natural rocks in their petrophysical properties, such as porosity and permeability. The artificial rocks will be used as a proxy to better understand the characteristics of various Previous HitporeNext Hit Previous HitsystemsNext Hit at various scales in oil and gas reservoirs. This study uses three-dimensional printing as a novel way of interacting with a) x-ray computed tomography data from reservoir rocks and b) mathematical models of Previous HitporeNext Hit Previous HitsystemsNext Hit in coarse-grained sandstones and limestones. If three-dimensional printing loses important information on Previous HitporeNext Hit geometry, methods for "scaling up" computed tomography data will be investigated to allow larger Previous HitporeNext Hit network models to be printed. The results will include digital Previous HitporeTop system models with tools for manipulation and testing petrophysical properties of artificial reservoir rocks that will increase the accuracy of reservoir flow simulations.

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