ro2si2018 Compressibilily of Porous Rocks | Fundamentals of Fluid Flow in Porous Media QPeRM.. NX @ TIP TABORATORY Compressibility Home. About Services, Courses ResourcesNews Contact Us, of POralis me / Rasees 7 Fundam ncs ate Fw Bsa Sia / Chane ne Porout am Corres iy of Pl Rocks Fundamentals of Fluid Flow in Porous Media resources < Fundamentals of Fluid Flow in Porous Chapter 2 Media Chapter 1 Compressibility of Porous inten Rocks «Chapter 2: The Porous Medium, Under natural conditions, a porous medium volume at some depth in a ground water aquifer or in an oil reservoir is subjected to an internal stress or hydrostatic pressure of the fluid saturation the medium, which is a hydrostatic Homogeneity Anisotropy pressure that has the same values at different direction, and to an external stress exerted by the formation in which the particular volume is surrounded cores and may have different value at different directions. The external stress of the Y formation can lead to the compaction of the porous medium that is a function pore Size of the formation depth. Krumbein and Sluss (1951) showed that porosity of the sedimenta Distributor 1 sedimentary racks is a function ofthe degree of compaction of the rock (Figure 2-17) Specific Surface 60 shales ‘area 50 sandstones = Compressibili z P z of $ Porous é Rocks «< Permeability ° 1900 2000 = 3000» 000 5000-6000 Depth of burial, ft < Saturation Figure 2-17: Porosity Reduction as an Effect of Compaction increment by < Formation Depth Resistivity Factor Compaction effect on the porosity that leads to porosity reduction is principally due to the packing rearrangement after compaction. The porosity < Multi- of shales is greatly reduced by compaction largely because “bridging! is hitpllpermine.con/resources/{undamentals-f-ui-lowsin-porous-madia/chapler-2.t porous-mediumicompressiiy-ot-porous-rocks! usro2si2018 Compressibilily of Porous Rocks | Fundamentals of Fluid Flow in Porous Media QPeRm:,. TIPM LABORATORY + Rock matrix compressibility + Rock bulk compressibility + Pore compressibility Rock matrix compressibility is the fractional change in volume of the solid rock materials (grains) with a unit change in pressure. Rock bulk compressibility is the change in volume of the bulk volume of the rock with a unit change in pressure. Pore compressibility is the fractional change in the pore volume of the rock with a unit change in pressure. The depletion of fluids from the pare space of a reservoir rock results in a change in the internal pressure in the rock while the external pressure in constant, thus results a change in the net pressure. This change in the net stress could leads to a change in grain, pore and bulk volume of the rock. Pore volume change is an interesting subject to the reservoir engineer. Bulk volume change is an important subject in the areas that surface subsidence could cause appreciable property damage. Volume change under the pressure effect can be expressed as compressibility coefficient, The coefficient of solid matrix compressibility, pore compressibility and bulk compressibility are defined for of a saturated porous medium as the fractional change in the volume with a unit change in the pressure: 23) e209) ean) The value of Cs (in some literature mentioned as C, as rock compressibility) can be determined by saturating the rock with a fluid immersing the rock in @ pressure vessel containing the saturating fluid, then imposing a hydrostatic pressure on the fluid and observing the change in the volume V, (or Vs) of the rock sample. The compressibility of solid matrix (C5 or Q is considered for most rock to be independent of the imposed pressure. But reservoir rocks are under other conltonng of oad than this experiment A rock bred at depth is subjected oan overburden oad due to the overlying Sediments which iin general greater han the internal. hydrostatic pressure of the formation fds. igure 248.) shows an experimental apparatus that simulate this condition fora sample rock, A coe samples enclosed ina copper jacket whichis then inmersed in a pressure vessel and connected to aJuguson sight lass gage. The hyerautc pressure system is aranged so that a saturated core canbe subjected to variable internal or pore pressure and external or overburden) pressure, The resulting internal volume change Is indicated bythe postion ofthe mercury slug even the sight lass. Typical curve are obtained shown figure 2-18.b). The ordinate is the reduction in pore space resulting from a change in overburden pressure, The lope ofthe cue isthe cmpresbilty of the form (te) lt may be noted that the slop of the curves can be considered constant over P*s overburden pressure Psinternel poré)pressure p27 «< Relative Permeability < Chapter 3 Molecular Diffusion «Chapter 4: immiscible Displacement < Chapter 5 Miscible Displacement « Publie: ns hitpipermine.comresourcesitundamentals-f ui Nowsin-porous-matla/chapler-2-the-porous-mediumlcompressbily-of-porous-rocks/