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    Imaging and characterization of microporous carbonates using confocal and electron microscopy of epoxy pore casts

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    Authors
    Hassan, Ahmed
    Chandra, Viswasanthi
    Yutkin, Maxim
    Patzek, Tadeusz cc
    Espinoza, D. N.
    KAUST Department
    Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
    Earth Science and Engineering Program
    Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
    Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
    Date
    2019-06-13
    Online Publication Date
    2019-06-13
    Print Publication Date
    2019-06-01
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/656837
    
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    Abstract
    Microporous carbonates contain perhaps 50% of the oil left behind in current projects in the giant carbonate fields in the Middle East and elsewhere. Pore geometry, connectivity, and wettability of the micropore systems in these carbonates are of paramount importance in finding new improved-oil-recovery methods. In this study, we present a robust pore-imaging approach that uses confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) to obtain high-resolution 3D images of etched epoxy pore casts of the highly heterogeneous carbonates. In our approach, we have increased the depth of investigation for carbonates 20-fold, from 10 mm reported by Fredrich (1999) and Shah et al. (2013) to 200 mm. In addition, high-resolution 2D images from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have been correlated with the 3D models from CLSM to develop a multiscale imaging approach that covers a range of scales, from millimeters in three dimensions to micrometers in two dimensions. The developed approach was implemented to identify various pore types [e.g., intercrystalline microporosity (IM), intragranular microporosity (IGM), and interboundary sheet pores (SPs)] in limestone and dolomite samples.
    Citation
    Hassan, A., Chandra, V., Yutkin, M. P., Patzek, T. W., & Espinoza, D. N. (2019). Imaging and Characterization of Microporous Carbonates Using Confocal and Electron Microscopy of Epoxy Pore Casts. SPE Journal, 24(03), 1220–1233. doi:10.2118/188786-pa
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    We thank the reviewers for their insights and thorough advice, which improved this paper immeasurably. We thank James D. Frost and Gregory J. Vardilos for fruitful discussions of the epoxy-impregnation procedure. We thank Munir Aldin, Robert Patterson, and Bill Mickelson for their valuable input to the design of the high-pressure vessel. We are grateful to the Imaging and Characterization Core Laboratory team at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, especially to Wei Xu and Ali Behzad, for their support in using the CLSM and SEM equipment. We thank the KAUST Visualization Core Laboratory team for their assistance in using Avizo. This project has been funded by KAUST through the Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center.
    Publisher
    Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
    Conference/Event name
    Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference
    DOI
    10.2118/188786-PA
    Additional Links
    http://www.onepetro.org/doi/10.2118/188786-PA
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    10.2118/188786-PA
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    Articles; Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC); Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division; Earth Science and Engineering Program

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