Title
Computer modeling and laboratory experiments of a specific borehole to surface electrical monitoring technique (BSEMT)
Author
Meekes, J.A.C.
Zhang, X.
Abdul Fattah, R.
Publication year
2011
Abstract
Geophysical monitoring of the dynamical behavior of subsurface reservoirs (oil, gas, CO2) remains an important issue in geophysical research. A new idea for reservoir monitoring based on electrical resistivity tomography was developed at TNO. The essential element of the so-called BSEMT (Borehole to Surface Electrical Monitoring Technique) technique is the use of one electrode below the reservoir. Computer simulations and measurements in a tank in the laboratory were carried out to assess the feasibility of the BSEMT concept. The outcome of these measurements is that the expected effect of changes in the reservoir can indeed be seen by BSEMT. The surprising part of it is that the effect is bigger than expected based on computer simulations. This point has to be clarified further. More research has to be done to optimize data acquisition configurations.
Subject
Earth & Environment
SGE - Sustainable Geo Energy
EELS - Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences
Geosciences
Computer modeling
Dynamical behaviors
Electrical monitoring
Electrical resistivity tomography
Essential elements
Expected effects
Geophysical monitoring
Geophysical researches
Laboratory experiments
Reservoir monitoring
Simulations and measurements
Subsurface reservoir
Carbon dioxide
Computational methods
Computer simulation
Electric conductivity
Engineering exhibitions
Engineers
Geophysics
Monitoring
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum research
Petroleum reservoirs
Petroleum reservoir evaluation
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TNO identifier
435982
ISBN
9781617829666
Source
73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011 - Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011, 23 May 2011 through 26 May 2011, Vienna, 1, 716-720
Series
Society of Petroleum Engineers - 73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011 - Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011
Document type
conference paper