NDLI: Estimation of Biot’s effective stress coefficient from well logs

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Author	Luo, Xuan Were, Patrick Liu, Jianfeng Hou, Zhengmeng
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Effective stress governs the mechanical response of rock formations to variations in stress and pore pressure, which affect wellbore stability and reservoir integrity during drilling and production. Biot’s coefficient is employed to calculate effective stresses from total stress and pore pressure. Therefore, the measurement of Biot’s coefficient becomes crucial. However, the laboratory measurement of Biot’s coefficient is expensive and laborious. This paper presents three methods for computing Biot’s coefficient using logging data. The first method calculates Biot’s coefficient using the existing empirical correlations between porosity and Biot’s coefficient. The second and third methods calculate Biot’s coefficient using dynamic rock and solid bulk modulus, computed using rock and solid wave velocities, respectively. However, the second and third methods calculate the necessary solid wave velocities in different ways. The second method calculates solid shear and compressive velocities (V $_{s}$ and V $_{p}$) using a newly developed correlation between the differential pressure, porosity and wave velocity of sandstone. The third method calculates solid wave velocities based on the significant finding that the V $_{p}$/V $_{s}$ ratio with respect to the S-wave velocity is constant for sediments including highly compacted sand. Case studies were undertaken using logging data from the Gulf Coast Gas Wells. It was found that Biot’s coefficient calculated using the first method was highly dependent on the chosen relation, while the coefficients calculated using the second and third methods were related to well logs. Results from the third method show that Biot’s coefficient deflects to higher values in situations where gamma ray surveys read low API values. This is in agreement with the phenomenon that rocks with a smaller API should have lower a clay content and bigger value of Biot’s coefficient. Therefore, the third method is more reliable and also requires fewer input parameters.
Starting Page	7019
Ending Page	7028
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18666280
Journal	Environmental Earth Sciences
Volume Number	73
Issue Number	11
e-ISSN	18666299
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2015-03-01
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Biot’s coefficient measurement Well logging Measurement while drilling Effective stress Acoustic logging Geology Hydrology/Water Resources Geochemistry Environmental Science and Engineering Terrestrial Pollution Biogeosciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Global and Planetary Change Earth-Surface Processes Soil Science Environmental Chemistry Pollution Geology Water Science and Technology

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