Multi-Scale Quantitative Diagenesis and Impacts on Heterogeneity of Carbonate Reservoir Rocks (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319464442)

i

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 General Summary of Scientific/Academic Activities xvii

 Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1. Diagenetic realms 1

1.2. Porosity and diagenesis 4

1.3. Quantitative diagenesis 7

1.4. Numerical modelling of diagenesis 9

1.5. Objectives and way forward 13

 Chapter 2: Characterization of diagenesis

2.1. State of the art (Characterization of diagenesis) 15

2.1.1. Fieldwork 16

2.1.2. Petrography 18

Pre-microscopic observations 18

Microscopic observations 19

2.1.3. Geochemistry 20

Major and trace element analyses 20

Stable oxygen and carbon isotopic analyses 21

Strontium isotope analyses 21

2.1.4. Mineralogy 22

IFPEN protocol for XRD 22

Electron microprobe 23

2.1.5. Fluid inclusions 24

Microthermometry 24

Crush-leach analyses 24

2.1.6. Integrated techniques for building conceptual models 25

2.2. Future perspectives 27

2.2.1. Clumped oxygen isotopic analyses 27

2.2.2. Mg isotopic analyses 28

2.2.3. 3D porosity 30

Micro-CT setup and 3D-image reconstruction 31

Building an equivalent pore network from the actual pore space 31

Numerical simulation of mercury intrusion and permeability 34

ii

2.3. Discussion and personal contribution 35

2.3.1. General discussion 35

2.3.2. Personal contribution 37

Analytical methods: Dolomite stoichiometry assessment 37

Dolomitization 38

Sandstone diagenesis 39

Source rocks 39

2.4. Advancement in characterization of diagenesis 41

2.5. Samples of published articles in peer-reviewed journals 43

Chapter 3: Quantitative diagenesis

3.1. State of the art (Quantitative diagenesis) 99

3.1.1. Petrography - Plug/Sample scale 99

3.1.2. Petrography - Reservoir scale 102

3.1.3. Mineralogical analyses (X-Ray Diffraction) 106

3.1.4. Geochemical analyses - Thi

n section scale 109

3.1.5. Geochemical analyses - Reservoir scale 110

3.1.6. Geochemical analyses - Basin scale 112

3.1.7. Fluid inclusion analyses - Petroleum systems 114

3.1.8. 3D Scanning (CT and micro-CT) and image analysis 117

3.2. Future perspectives 121

3.2.1. Remote sensing and photogrammetry 121

3.2.2. Integrated data analysis tools 122

3.2.3. Pore space models 123

3.3. Discussion and personal contribution 125

3.3.1. General discussion 125

3.3.2. Personal contribution 128

Quantitative analytical methods 129

Fluid inclusion analysis 129

Integrated petrographic and petrophysical data analyses 129

Micro-CT and image analyses 129

3.4. Advancement in quantitative diagenesis 131

3.5. Samples of published articles in peer-reviewed journals 133

iii

 Chapter 4: Numerical modelling of diagenesis

4.1. State of the art (Numerical modelling

of diagenesis) 181

4.1.1. Geometry-based modelling 181

Karst networks modelling 181

Fracture-related hydrothermal dolomite mod

elling 185

4.1.2. Geostatistical modelling 188

Methodology: Geostatistical parameterization steps 188

Methodology: Geostatistical simulation methods 191

Case study: Geostatistical modelling of the Upper Jurassic Arab D reservoir heterogeneity, Offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Morad, 2012) 197

Alternative workflow for geostatistical modeling of the Arab D reservoir heterogeneity 215

4.1.3. Geochemical modelling 220

0D geochemical modelling: Dissolution/Precipitation rates 220

2D geochemical reactive transport modelling: Reflux dolomitization 223

3D geochemical reactive transport modelling: Compactional dolomitization 228

4.2. Future perspectives 233

4.2.1. Geometry-based modelling 233

4.2.2. Geostatistical modelling 233

4.2

Author: Fadi Henri Nader
ISBN-10: 3319464442
ISBN-13: 9783319464442
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/14/2016
Pages: 146
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d