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Justification of the boundary values of open porosity and gas permeability using data from flow studies for porous carbonate reservoirs

S.V. Sidorov, Z.M. Rizvanova

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DOI https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2023.4.8

115-120
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This paper proposes a method for determining the boundary values of open porosity (KPO_GR) and gas permeability (KPR_GR) of porous-type carbonate reservoir rocks using the example of Tournaisian deposits of one of the oil fields of the Republic of Tatarstan. When justifying the boundary values, two databases on core studies are used: 1) on standard core studies (used mainly to calculate hydrocarbon (HC) reserves); 2) on special core studies (used for technological development projects). In the proposed method, the residual oil saturation factor is not a constant, but is taken from flow studies or calculated from core dependencies. When determining the lower limits of porosity and permeability from both databases, approximately the same boundary values were obtained: KPO_GR = 0.11 fr. un., KPR_GR = 2·10–3 μm2 and KPR_GR = 1.7·10–3 μm2, but they differ from the values, accepted by petrophysicists when calculating the reserves of considered deposit – KPO_GR = 0.09 fr. un., KPR_GR = 1·10–3 μm2. Such a difference in determining the boundary porosity can significantly affect the calculation of hydrocarbon reserves, technological calculations and field development planning.

 

open porosity, boundary value, gas permeability, carbonate reservoir, Tournaisian stage, petrophysical relationship

 

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Sergey V. Sidorov – Researcher, Hard-to-Recover Reserves Simulation Research and Educational Center, Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technology, Kazan Federal University
4 Bolshaya Krasnaya st., Kazan, 420111, Russian Federation

Zilya M. Rizvanova – Engineer, Hard-to-Recover Reserves Simulation Research and Educational Center, Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technology, Kazan Federal University
4 Bolshaya Krasnaya st., Kazan, 420111, Russian Federation. e-mail: zilya.rizvanova@mail.ru

 

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Sidorov S.V., Rizvanova Z.M. (2023). Justification of the boundary values of open porosity and gas permeability using data from flow studies for porous carbonate reservoirs. Georesursy = Georesources, 25(4), pp. 115–120. https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2023.4.8

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