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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS AND ENGINEERING
Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 366-371Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/8/2/021
Keywords
3D digital core; resistivity index; finite element method; solubility
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- NSFC [40574030]
- China University of Petroleum [06A30102]
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The effects of the wettability and solubility of natural gas in formation water on the electrical properties of natural gas reservoir rocks are studied using the finite element method based on digital cores. The results show that the resistivity index of gas-wet reservoir rocks is significantly higher than that of water-wet reservoir rocks in the entire range of water saturation. The difference between them increases with decreasing water saturation. The resistivity index of natural gas reservoir rocks decreases with increasing additional conduction of water film. The solubility of natural gas in formation water has a dramatic effect on the electrical properties of reservoir rocks. The resistivity index of reservoir rocks increases as the solubility of natural gas increases. The effect of the solubility of natural gas on the resistivity index is very obvious under conditions of low water saturation, and it becomes weaker with increasing water saturation. Therefore, the reservoir wettability and the solubility of natural gas in formation water should be considered in defining the saturation exponent.
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