Comments on 'Construction of synthetic capillary pressure curves from the joint use of NMR log data and conventional well logs'

TitleComments on 'Construction of synthetic capillary pressure curves from the joint use of NMR log data and conventional well logs'
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsXiao, L, Chang-chun, Z, Wang, H
JournalJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Volume135
Pagination429 - 432
Date PublishedJan-11-2015
ISSN09204105
KeywordsCapillary pressure curves, Cubic spline function, Improvement method, Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logs, Resampling
Abstract

Recently, Eslami et al., (2013) proposed a method of constructing pseudo capillary pressure curves by combining with NMR log data and conventional well logs following a two-step approach. Using this method, Eslami et al. declared that the simulated Pc curves showed a good agreement with laboratory derived mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) curves at low mercury saturations (<35%). However, detailed comparison of the constructed pseudo Pc curves with the experimented results illustrates that the constructed Pc curves are overestimated. The parts for constructed Pc curves with mercury injection saturations (SHgs) higher than 35% are all under the laboratory experimented results. This means this technique cannot be accurately apply for formation pore structure evaluation, especially for carbonate rocks and tight sandstone reservoirs. In this paper, we point out that the uncertainty Eslami's method is caused by the dimension difference of mercury injection pressure and 8 T2 porosity bins, and a technique of improving Pc curve construction is proposed. The reliability of the improved technique is verified by the application of the same 3 core samples displayed in Eslami's paper.

URLhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920410515301327
DOI10.1016/j.petrol.2015.10.004
Short TitleJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering