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Title Core analysis : a best practice guide / edited by Colin McPhee, Jules Reed and Izaskun Zubizarreta
Published Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Developments in petroleum science ; volume 64
Developments in petroleum science ; volume 64.
Contents Front Cover; Core Analysis: A Best Practice Guide; Copyright; Contents; Series EditorÅ› Preface; Preface; Chapter 1: Best Practice in Coring and Core Analysis; 1.1. Core Analysis Data: The Foundation of Formation Evaluation; 1.2. Core Analysis Data Uncertainty; 1.2.1. Reasons and Consequences; 1.2.2. Reducing Uncertainty; 1.3. Core Analysis Management Framework; 1.3.1. Core Analysis Planning and Design; 1.3.2. Programme Design Considerations; 1.3.3. Core Analysis Focal Points; 1.3.4. Real-Time Quality Control; 1.4. Best Practice in Core Analysis: An Overview
1.4.1. Coring, Core Handling and Core Processing1.4.2. Sample Preparation; 1.4.3. Routine Core Analysis; 1.4.4. Special Core Analysis; 1.4.5. Geomechanics Tests; 1.4.6. Quality Control Procedures and Diagnostics; 1.4.7. Example Core Analysis Programmes; 1.4.8. Benefits; References; Chapter 2: Wellsite Core Acquisition, Handling and Transportation; 2.1. Coring Systems; 2.1.1. Conventional Full-Diameter Coring Systems; 2.1.2. Wireline-Retrievable Cores; 2.1.3. Gel Coring Systems; 2.1.4. Liquid and Gas Retention Coring Systems; 2.1.4.1. Sponge Coring; 2.1.4.2. Liquid Capture Systems
2.1.4.3. Pressure-Retaining Systems2.1.5. Oriented Coring; 2.1.6. Sidewall Cores; 2.2. Conventional Coring Operations; 2.2.1. Health, Safety and Environmental Considerations; 2.2.2. Coring Team; 2.2.3. Managing Coring Risks; 2.3. Coring Fluids; 2.3.1. Mud Types; 2.3.2. Mud Tracers; 2.3.2.1. Water-Soluble Tracers; 2.3.2.2. Oil-Soluble Tracers; 2.4. Core Damage and Core Fluid/Petrophysical Property Alteration; 2.4.1. Fluid Saturation Alteration; 2.4.2. Stress Release; 2.4.2.1. Pore Pressure Dissipation; 2.4.2.2. Shear Failure and Compressive Damage; 2.4.3. Wettability Alteration
2.4.3.1. Definition2.4.3.2. Native Reservoir Wettability Controls; 2.4.3.2.1. Oil Type/Composition; 2.4.3.2.2. Brine Chemistry; 2.4.3.2.3. Grain/Mineral Type; 2.4.3.3. Wettability Alteration Mechanisms: Drilling Mud; 2.4.3.4. Pressure and Temperature Reduction; 2.5. Best Practice in Wellsite Handling; 2.5.1. Core Recovery on Rig Floor; 2.5.2. Linear Layout and Marking; 2.5.3. Wellsite Gamma-Ray Scanning; 2.5.4. Wellsite Liner Cutting; 2.5.5. Wellsite Core Stabilisation and Preservation; 2.5.5.1. Freezing; 2.5.5.2. Resin Consolidation; 2.5.5.3. Foam and Gypsum Stabilisation
2.5.5.4. Gypsum Versus Foam: Advantages and Limitations2.5.6. Wellsite Sampling; 2.5.6.1. Reasons for Sampling; 2.5.6.2. Sampling Methods; 2.5.6.3. Dean-Stark and Water Analysis Plugs; 2.5.6.4. Shale Preservation; 2.5.7. Core Transportation; 2.5.8. Coring Report; 2.6. Special Handling Considerations for Difficult Rock Types; 2.6.1. Unconsolidated Core; 2.6.2. Carbonates; 2.6.3. Shaly Sands; 2.6.4. Shales; 2.6.5. Coal; References; Recommended Reading; Chapter 3: Core Laboratory Processing and Screening; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Core Receipt and Cutting; 3.3. CT Scanning; 3.4. Gamma Ray Logging
Summary Annotation A practical guide to the design of core analysis programs. Written to address the need for an updated set of recommended practices covering special core analysis and geomechanics tests, the book also provides unique insights into data quality control diagnosis and data utilisation in reservoir models
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed December 17, 2015)
Subject Drill core analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining.
Drill core analysis
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author McPhee, Colin, editor
Reed, Jules, editor
Zubizarreta, Izaskun, editor
ISBN 9780444636577
0444636579