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EPSRC Reference: GR/N22311/01
Title: ROPA:FEASIBL'Y STUDY DETERMINING RESERVOIR WETTABILITY USING ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS & FREQUENCY DISPERSION
Principal Investigator: Zimmerman, Professor RW
Other Investigators:
Jing, Dr X
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Department: Department of Earth Sciences
Organisation: Imperial College London
Scheme: ROPA
Starts: 17 January 2001 Ends: 16 March 2003 Value (£): 83,219
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Oil & Gas Extraction
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Environment Energy
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We propose a feasibility study of using complex electrical properties (100 Hz to 2 MHz) and frequency dispersion as a potential means for reservoir wettability determination. We will use well characterised natural and synthetic rock samples in water-wet, intermediate, mixed-wet and oil-wet conditions, in order to quantify the effect of frequency dispersion for a range of rock and fluid properties. Theoretical modelling of frequency dispersion will be carried out using equivalent circuits and pore network model (NETSIM) incorporating pore geometry and wettability information. The numerical model will be compared against effective-medium-theory based analytical models to relate wettability to frequency dispersionEngProg\
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