Petrophysics

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Zhang Yi
Petroleum engineering college
Xi’an shiyou university
petrophysics——introduction

outline
1. The important of petrophysics

2. Study object
3. Study content
4. study policy
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1. The important of petrophysics

The purpose of oil field development is that

the oil or natural gas is produced to the
ground as much as possible.
oil or natural gas stored in the reservoir, so
the knowledge of reservoir properties of the
law of oil and gas through porous media is
very important. ptrophysics do study these
problem.
2 Study object

ground

Well bore

reservoir reservoir
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Oil or gas flow from reservoir to ground can

be divided into three steps:

First step, from reservoir to bottom hole

Second step, from bottom hole to well head

Three step, from wellhead to ground.
3. Study content

This course presents the developed concepts,

and theories as related to the porous rock
properties and their interactions with fluids
(gases, hydrocarbon liquids, and aqueous
solutions).
The properties of porous subsurface rocks
and the fluids they contain govern the rates
of fluid flow and the amounts of residual
fluids that remain in the rocks after all
economical means of hydrocarbon
production have been exhausted.
It is estimated that the residual hydrocarbons
locked in place after primary and secondary
production, on a worldwide scale, is about
35%~40% of the original volume in place.
This is a huge hydrocarbon resource target
for refined reservoir characterization
(using the theories and procedures of
petrophysics) to enhance the secondary
recovery or implement tertiary (EOR)
recovery.
The use of modern methods for reservoir
characterization with a combination of
petrophysics and mathematical modeling is
bringing new life into many old reservoirs
that are near the point of Abandonment.
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So, we will study these contents:

(1)Grain size and specific surface

(2) Porosity and permeability
(3) Sensitivity of rock
(4) Basic physics property of oil, water
and gas
(5) Wettability of rock
(6) Capillary and capillary pressure curve
(7) Relative permeability and relative
permeability curve
(8) The concept of oil or gas recovery and
the enhanced oil recovery method
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4.study policy
homework：8 times,
quiz: 4 times,
exam: 1 time.
leave: 2 times