THE EFFECT OF CLAY MINERALS ON RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE

AKHIR, NUR ASYRAF (2013) THE EFFECT OF CLAY MINERALS ON RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE. Masters thesis, UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Clay minerals are fine-grained which compose of aluminium silicate structure.
There are four main groups of clay minerals which are kaolinite, illite, smectite and
chlorite. The effect of clay minerals on formation evaluation and reservoir
performance depend on its morphology, cation exchange capacity and swelling
properties. The occurrence of clay minerals leads to inaccurate values of porosity,
water saturation and permeability. In addition, the impacts of clay minerals during
drilling, water injection and acid stimulation are investigated as it can lead formation
damage near wellbore. The current project aims investigate the effect of clay
minerals on logs response and reservoir characteristics in term of porosity,
permeability and water saturation, and to compare its impact on reservoir
performance against reported works.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Departments / MOR / COE: Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering
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Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2013 08:47
Last Modified: 25 Jan 2017 09:38
URI: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/10231

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