Application and Interpretation of Continuous Oxygen Activation Logs for Measuring Complex Water Flow Profiles in Injection Wells

Author(s):  
D.M. Chace ◽  
D.E. Trcka ◽  
B.A. Dawe
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 116-129
Author(s):  
V.I. Astafiev ◽  
A.E. Kasatkin

Water-oil contact moving task has a high significance in a waterflooding the- ory: it’s possible to improve oil recovering characteristics due to prediction of flow features for both liquids - oil and water displaced it. There is the simplest mathematical pattern for conjoint oil-water flow presenting: it is called ”versi- color” liquids model and it suggests making oil and water physically identical to simplify solving process for water-oil contact moving task. However, another pattern was used in research described in this paper: it is called pistonlike dis- placement model and it supposes that oil and water physical characteristics, for example, viscosities, may be different. As for the oil-keeping reservoir pattern used in this research it was presented as homogeneous and infinity, with fixed thickness: furthermore its surface was covered by dual periodical lattice included production and injection wells in its cells.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swagatam Chakraborty ◽  
Chamath Arachchilage ◽  
Rayan Hamza Mohamed Elhaj ◽  
Jan Willem Foppen ◽  
Thom Bogaard ◽  
...  

<p>Use of environmental or artificial tracers has been an effective approach to characterize groundwater flow and solute transport, tracking pollutant migration and determine travel time. However, availability of a distinctive number of tracers, variability in interaction with the aquifer matrix, and analytical detection limits are namely few of the significant concerns to be addressed and which led us to focus on employing novel DNA tracers.</p><p>Besides the quality of being unique, improbably prevalent in nature and environmentally friendly, DNA tracers can be synthesized virtually in infinite numbers of distinct sequences, rendering them a potential candidate for multi-tracer applications for subsurface and groundwater flow characterization. Studies have already demonstrated the potential of DNA tracing in groundwater studies but a blueprint for methodical application and analysis is required.</p><p>In this study, we investigate the applicability of DNA tracers in determining hydraulic parameters of a natural aquifer, such as, hydraulic conductivity, effective porosity, dispersivity, and travel time, the most significant characters of a matrix, influencing solute or pollutant transport. In addition, we aim to leverage the applicability of the tracers in terms of minimizing the uncertainty in estimating the parameters.</p><p>In order to capitalize on these advantages of DNA tracers with the aim of addressing the aforementioned objectives, this research focuses on employing multiple dsDNA (ds=double stranded) tracers in a 1.3 m long three-dimensional sand-filled aquifer tank. Under forced-gradient water flow conditions, distinctly sequenced, monodispersed dsDNA tracers are instantaneously injected through injection wells, taking into account different scenarios. The scenarios consider different configurations of injection and sampling strategies. Samples collected periodically were subjected to quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for DNA concentration estimation. All the silica-encapsulated DNA particles were comparable in size and surface properties.</p><p>Individual breakthrough curves from each of the scenarios are carefully analysed for determining water flow and hydraulic properties. In addition, the experiments producing multiple breakthrough curves are cumulatively analysed for obtaining a minimal uncertainty for the parameter estimations.</p>


1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (03) ◽  
pp. 334-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. McKeon ◽  
H.D. Scott ◽  
J-R. Olesen ◽  
G.L. Patton ◽  
R.J. Mitchell

2013 ◽  
Vol 318 ◽  
pp. 567-571
Author(s):  
Wu Dong ◽  
Hai Min Guo ◽  
Xin Qi

In the time spectrum of impulse oxygen activation logging, grave tailed peak occurs when the viscosity of polymer is high and the velocity of the flow is not even. The calculation of transit time, flow velocity as well as flow volume depends on the duration of the oxygen activation peak, so the disposal of the grave tailed peak in the time spectrum of impulse oxygen activation logging is critical. And an effective way to deal with tailed peak will improve the calculation accuracy of transit time and flow velocity. In this paper, the problem of tailed peak is studied, then an algorithm combining Logarithmic transformation and Gaussian function, which is used to deal with tailed peaks in the time spectrum of water flow of pulsed neutron oxygen activation logging, is proposed. Gaussian function is used to describe tailed peaks in the time spectrum of water flow of pulsed neutron oxygen activation logging in the logarithm space. Case analysis shows that the disposal effect of the algorithm is good, effectively eliminating the redundant data of the tailed peak in the flow time spectrum of pulsed neutron oxygen activation logging. The algorithm is a practicable method to deal with the tailed peak in the flow time spectrum of pulsed neutron oxygen activation logging.


2016 ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
M. L. Karnaukhov ◽  
Caad A. Faik

The articles considers the possibilities to study the directions of water flows in the reservoir during the oil displacement in the systems of formation pressure maintenance. It is proposed to perform simultaneously the studies in development and injection wells. Additionally, to study the field data permitting to establish the time of water breakthrough to the producers


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