Method to determine poromechanical properties of fluid-saturated rock
AssigneeAramco Services Company
InventorsChao Liu, Dung T. Phan
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed. The method includes obtaining well data for a fluid-saturated rock and obtaining a poroelastodynamic relationship linking a deformation of the fluid-saturated rock to a poromechanical property of the fluid-saturated rock. The method further includes determining the poromechanical property of the fluid-saturated rock by applying a vector operator to the poroelastodynamic relationship. The method still further includes determining a value of the poromechanical property by substituting the well data into the vector-operated poroelastodynamic relationship.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining well data for a fluid-saturated rock;
- obtaining a poroelastodynamic relationship linking a deformation of the fluid-saturated rock to a poromechanical property of the fluid-saturated rock;
- determining the poromechanical property of the fluid-saturated rock by applying a vector operator to the poroelastodynamic relationship;
- and
- determining a value of the poromechanical property by substituting the well data into the vector-operated poroelastodynamic relationship.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a computer processor, the instructions comprising functionality for:
- receiving well data for a fluid-saturated rock;
- obtaining a poroelastodynamic relationship linking a deformation of the fluid-saturated rock to a poromechanical property of the fluid-saturated rock;
- determining the poromechanical property of the fluid-saturated rock by applying a vector operator to the poroelastodynamic relationship;
- and
- determining a value of the poromechanical property by substituting the well data into the vector-operated poroelastodynamic relationship.
A system comprising:
- a well logging system to obtain well data for a fluid-saturated rock;
- and
- a computer processor configured to:
- receive the well data;
- receive a poroelastodynamic relationship linking a deformation of the fluid-saturated rock to a poromechanical property of the fluid-saturated rock;
- determine the poromechanical property of the fluid-saturated rock by applying a vector operator to the poroelastodynamic relationship;
- and
- determine a value of the poromechanical property by substituting the well data into the vector-operated poroelastodynamic relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.