Clays in Oil and Gas Industry
- Clay mineral transformations during oil and gas generation in source rocks and in chalk and sandstone reservoirsH. Lindgreen, V.A. Drits, B.A. Sakharov, H.J. Jakobsen, A.L. SalynOrganochemistry is the main discipline for studying oil and gas formation, migration and reservoir filling in oil wells. However, clay mineralogy is important for evaluation of these parameters. This is because
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- Clay mineralogy of mud volcano clasts from the gulf of cadizV.H. Magalhaes, F. Rocha, L.M. PinheiroExtensive work was carried out in the study of fluid escape structures in the Gulf of Cadiz (GC) during the last 10 years, that allowed the identification of 43 mud volcanoes
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- The role of lithogenesis processes in the formation of clay seals at oil and gas depositsV.I. Osipov, V.N. Sokolov, V.V. EremeevIn the course of lithogenesis, the composition, structure, and properties of clay sediments are transformed considerably, which influences the screening capacity of clay. Therefore, the study of lithogenesis processes and changes
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- Mineralogical features of mudstones from the oil and gas bearing stratum-collector ac-3, frolovsky retinues of the south moimsky deposit (the tyumen area)I.A. Kosyrev, A.M. RaspopovCretaceous system rocks are widely developed in the North Moimsky area of the South Moimsky deposit. Sedimentary rocks are mainly presented by mudstones, aleurolites and sandstones. The АС-3 Frolovsky retinues (К1fr)
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- Сlay minerals of the lower visean complex in the bar reservoir of the vuktyl oil and gas fieldN.N. RyabinkinaStudying the Low-Visean rocks of the Vuktyl area showed the availability of repeating sandy formations ofbar genesis; this enabled interpretation of a section as a regressive bar. The wells having uncovered
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- Clay minerals of oil sourse rock as nanoreactors of hydrocarbons systems of petroleum seriesI.P. KosachevFine-dispersed natural clay associations can act as catalysts in a simple hydrocarbon fluids transformation into the compounds of petroleum series in conditions of a deep horizons in the earth’s crust (Kosachev
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- On genesis of water-repellent behavior of surface in shale reservoirsN.N. BogdanovichCommercial oil discoveries in shale strata of Bazhenov formation in Western Siberia and Lower Maikopian in Eastern Ciscaucasia revealed a number of issues related to both oil generation and development of
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- The effects of burial on clay mineral diagenesis and quartz cementation in mudstones. examples from the siri canyon, danish north sea.A.M. Kazerouni, H. Friis, J.D. SvendsenThe Palaeocene sequence of the Siri Canyon fill consists of hemipelagic and turbidite marl and claystones interbedded with massive and blocky glauconitic sandstones deposited from sandy mass-flows and sandy turbidites.The Palaeogene
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- Clay minerals composition as a key to understanding of reservoir rocks propertiesP.S. Kulyapin, V.V. Strelchenko, A.S. MoiseenkoClay minerals can dramatically influence the properties of oil and gas reservoirs. The study of clay minerals composition and estimation of their effect on physical and reservoir properties of rocks is
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- Clay minerals features influence on well logging dataA.N. PetrovThis paper considers the influence of clay material content in the rock on well logging data in specific clay minerals properties consideration. High economic and technological efficiency in well drilling and
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- Dielectric relaxation of water in cation-substituted clays (kaolinite and montmorillonite)Y.A. Gusev, M.A. Vasilyeva, V.G. Izotov, L.M. SitdikovaThe physical effects related to the bound water interaction with clay minerals play an important role in numerous technological applications, geology, oil-extracting industry and other practical fields. It is very important
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- Mechanism of regulation of clay mineral properties in oil fieldA.Ya. Khavkin, A.V. Sorokin, L.S. TabakaevaThere is a considerable amount of the clay-containing reservoirs in oil fields under exploitation at present. Special technologies are needed to be developed for their exploitation. In some cases clay swelling
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- Peculiarities of clay structure and hydrationYu.M. Bogdanova, Z.Z. SharafutdinovSelection of drilling mud type and control of behavior of argillaceous deposits is based on the general idea of clay structure. However, existing theoretical and experimental data on clay investigations do
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- Clay minerals as a material for drilling mudG.A. KudaikulovaThis article represents the results of research of lithologic–mineralogical analyses as well as granulometric, physical–chemical, physical–mechanical, structural–mechanical and technological properties of Southern Kazakhstan bentonite clay of Akzharsky deposit. Natural
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- Improved rheological and filtration properties of some shale in some areas of upper egypt for a potential use as drilling fluidG.S. HassanThe present paper deals with the improving rheological and filtration properties of shale in different localities in Upper Egypt. This investigation handles with the different types of tests and the rheological
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- Layer charge evolution of the illite/smectite system in marls from the basque-cantabrian basin. implications on the reaction mechanism(s)X. Arroyo, J. Arystegui, F. NietoThe illitization process under diagenetic conditions in carbonate-rich basins has not been well studied yet in spite of their big relevance, with few data available in the literature. Moreover, it is
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- About clay minerals of cryolithic zoneV.N. Staroverov, O.N. Staroverov, A.V. ZhabinClay rocks of cryolithic zone are subject to long-term exposure to negative temperatures, and also to frequent freezing-defrosting cycles. As a result they acquire a whole series of peculiar features of
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- Clays are reservoir pressure indicatorsI.S. DeshenenkovThis work is devoted to innovative method of the determining abnormally high formation pressure (AHFP) zones on the well logging data, based on the changes in the dependences of clay physical
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- Comparison of x-ray phase and pyrolysis analyses in the study of oil enclosing rocks of bazhenian typeV.Yz. Chukhlantseva, S.V. GultyaevCurrently, the presence of constant oil influxes from the Bazhenian suite (formation US0) deposits has been confirmed by the pilot exploitation.However, in spite of this, the tests results obtained from the
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- The role of clay minerals in the process of adsorption-connate oil formationN.N. Mikhailov, L.S. Sechina, K.A. SavochkinaClay minerals are widespread in hydrocarbon collectors. Being located on grain surface in pore space in the form of films, plates and bridges, clay minerals have big specific surface area and
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