A set of techniques for well treatment aimed to enhance oil recovery are considered in the present study.These are based on the application of elastic waves of various types(dilation-wave,vibro-wave,or other acoustica...A set of techniques for well treatment aimed to enhance oil recovery are considered in the present study.These are based on the application of elastic waves of various types(dilation-wave,vibro-wave,or other acoustically induced effects).In such a context,a new technique is proposed to predict the effectiveness of the elastic-wave well treatment using the rank distribution according to Zipf’s law.It is revealed that,when the results of elastic wave well treatments are analyzed,groups of wells exploiting various geological deposits can differ in terms of their slope coefficients and free members.As the slope coefficient increases,the average increase in the well oil production rate(after the well treatment)becomes larger.An equation is obtained accordingly for estimating the slope coefficient in the Zipf’s equation from the frequency of the elastic wave.The obtained results demonstrate the applicability of the Zipf’s law in the analysis of the technological efficiency of elastic-wave well treatment methods.展开更多
Young’s modulus of New Red Sandstone was investigated experimentally to gain insight into its nonlinear nature.A large experimental programme was carried out by applying a controllable quasi-static and dynamic uniaxi...Young’s modulus of New Red Sandstone was investigated experimentally to gain insight into its nonlinear nature.A large experimental programme was carried out by applying a controllable quasi-static and dynamic uniaxial loading to 286 dry sandstone samples of four different sizes.The static and dynamic tests,similar to those aiming at determining the uniaxial compressive strength,were conducted using the state-of-the-art experimental facilities at the University of Aberdeen including a custom-built small experimental rig for inducing a dynamic uniaxial compressive load via a piezoelectric transducer.The obtained results have confirmed a complex nature of Young’s modulus of sandstone.Specifically,under a harmonic dynamic loading,it shows strongly nonlinear behaviour,which is hardening and softening with respect to frequency and amplitude of the dynamic loading,respectively.展开更多
基金supported by the Government of Perm Krai,Research Project No.C-26/628 dated 05/04/2021.
文摘A set of techniques for well treatment aimed to enhance oil recovery are considered in the present study.These are based on the application of elastic waves of various types(dilation-wave,vibro-wave,or other acoustically induced effects).In such a context,a new technique is proposed to predict the effectiveness of the elastic-wave well treatment using the rank distribution according to Zipf’s law.It is revealed that,when the results of elastic wave well treatments are analyzed,groups of wells exploiting various geological deposits can differ in terms of their slope coefficients and free members.As the slope coefficient increases,the average increase in the well oil production rate(after the well treatment)becomes larger.An equation is obtained accordingly for estimating the slope coefficient in the Zipf’s equation from the frequency of the elastic wave.The obtained results demonstrate the applicability of the Zipf’s law in the analysis of the technological efficiency of elastic-wave well treatment methods.
文摘Young’s modulus of New Red Sandstone was investigated experimentally to gain insight into its nonlinear nature.A large experimental programme was carried out by applying a controllable quasi-static and dynamic uniaxial loading to 286 dry sandstone samples of four different sizes.The static and dynamic tests,similar to those aiming at determining the uniaxial compressive strength,were conducted using the state-of-the-art experimental facilities at the University of Aberdeen including a custom-built small experimental rig for inducing a dynamic uniaxial compressive load via a piezoelectric transducer.The obtained results have confirmed a complex nature of Young’s modulus of sandstone.Specifically,under a harmonic dynamic loading,it shows strongly nonlinear behaviour,which is hardening and softening with respect to frequency and amplitude of the dynamic loading,respectively.
