Characterisation of Bowen Basin Coal Shrinkage and Geomechanical Properties and Their Influence on Reservoir Permeability

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke D. Connell ◽  
Saikat Mazumder ◽  
Stephen Marinello ◽  
Regina Sander ◽  
Michael Camilleri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geomechanical Properties ◽  
Reservoir Permeability ◽  
Coal Shrinkage

Laboratory characterisation of coal matrix shrinkage, cleat compressibility and the geomechanical properties determining reservoir permeability

Fuel ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 499-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke D. Connell ◽  
S. Mazumder ◽  
Regina Sander ◽  
Michael Camilleri ◽  
Zhejun Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Shrinkage ◽  
Geomechanical Properties ◽  
Coal Matrix ◽  
Reservoir Permeability

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Coal Reservoir Classification Method Base on Permeability Dynamic Change and Its Application

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinlu Yan ◽  
Songhang Zhang ◽  
Shuheng Tang ◽  
Zhongcheng Li ◽  
Yongxiang Yi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coalbed Methane ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Initial Permeability ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Desorption ◽  
Reservoir Permeability ◽  
Geological Conditions ◽  
Production Stages ◽  
Productivity Potential ◽  
Coal Reservoir

Due to the unique adsorption and desorption characteristics of coal, coal reservoir permeability changes dynamically during coalbed methane (CBM) development. Coal reservoirs can be classified using a permeability dynamic characterization in different production stages. In the single-phase water flow stage, four demarcating pressures are defined based on the damage from the effective stress on reservoir permeability. Coal reservoirs are classified into vulnerable, alleviative, and invulnerable reservoirs. In the gas desorption stage, two demarcating pressures are used to quantitatively characterize the recovery properties of permeability based on the recovery effect of the matrix shrinkage on permeability, namely the rebound pressure (the pressure corresponding to the lowest permeability) and recovery pressure (the pressure when permeability returns to initial permeability). Coal reservoirs are further classified into recoverable and unrecoverable reservoirs. The physical properties and influencing factors of these demarcating pressures are analyzed. Twenty-six wells from the Shizhuangnan Block in the southern Qinshui Basin of China were examined as a case study, showing that there is a significant correspondence between coal reservoir types and CBM well gas production. This study is helpful for identifying geological conditions of coal reservoirs as well as the productivity potential of CBM wells.

scholarly journals Sub-Level Stoping in an Underground Limestone Quarry: An Analysis of the State of Stress in an Evolutionary Scenario

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilena Cardu ◽  
Sergio Dipietromaria ◽  
Pierpaolo Oreste
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Models ◽  
The State ◽  
In Situ Tests ◽  
Future Scenario ◽  
Limestone Quarry ◽  
Geomechanical Properties ◽  
State Of Stress ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Pillar Structure

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the state of stress of a „voids-pillar“ structure excavated by means of the sub-level stoping method in an underground limestone quarry near Bergamo (Italy). Both the current structure of the quarry (i.e. the rooms exploited till now) and a possible future scenario were analysed using the (FDM) FLAC 2D code. The quarry has been in operation since 1927; at present, exploitation is carried out underground via the sub-level stoping method. Exploitation involves two levels, with 5 rooms on the upper level and 9 rooms on the lower level. After analysing data obtained from laboratory and in situ tests carried out on rock samples and natural discontinuities, the geomechanical properties of the medium, knowledge of which is essential in order to establish the parameters that must be included in the numerical model, were evaluated. The implementation of three numerical models made it possible to study both the present conditions of quarry exploitation and the evolution of the exploited rooms, as well as a possible expansion involving a third level of rooms. Using the results obtained regarding the stress-strain present in the pillars, a potential change in room geometry was proposed aimed at reducing the stress state inside the pillars, decreasing plasticity and increasing overall quarry safety.

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