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    This paper investigates the influence of chlorite content and microtexture on the petrophysical properties of siliciclastic reservoirs. Pore-lining chlorite commonly coats detrital grains in sandstone, preserving porosity by preventing quartz overgrowth. High chlorite content decreases permeability. Analysis shows chlorite creates a dual-mode porous structure and high irreducible water saturation. Petrographic image analysis was used to quantify the micro-geometry and morphology of the primary and secondary pore systems in an argillaceous sandstone, integrating measurements from submicron to millimeter scales. Permeability increases with macroporosity but decreases with microporosity associated with chloritic micro-texture. Chlorite has

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    This paper investigates the influence of chlorite content and microtexture on the petrophysical properties of siliciclastic reservoirs. Pore-lining chlorite commonly coats detrital grains in sandstone, preserving porosity by preventing quartz overgrowth. High chlorite content decreases permeability. Analysis shows chlorite creates a dual-mode porous structure and high irreducible water saturation. Petrographic image analysis was used to quantify the micro-geometry and morphology of the primary and secondary pore systems in an argillaceous sandstone, integrating measurements from submicron to millimeter scales. Permeability increases with macroporosity but decreases with microporosity associated with chloritic micro-texture. Chlorite has

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    Contribution of Diagenetic Chlorite To Physical Properties of Siliciclastic Reservoir

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    This paper investigates the influence of chlorite content and microtexture on the petrophysical properties of siliciclastic reservoirs. Pore-lining chlorite commonly coats detrital grains in sandstone, preserving porosity by preventing quartz overgrowth. High chlorite content decreases permeability. Analysis shows chlorite creates a dual-mode porous structure and high irreducible water saturation. Petrographic image analysis was used to quantify the micro-geometry and morphology of the primary and secondary pore systems in an argillaceous sandstone, integrating measurements from submicron to millimeter scales. Permeability increases with macroporosity but decreases with microporosity associated with chloritic micro-texture. Chlorite has

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    FRO302644 P-MT-07

    10V5-rj'Z- 7 6

    CONTRIBUTION OF DIAGENETIC CHLORITE TO


    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SILICICLASTIC
    RESERVOIR
    Adrian Cerepi *, Claudine Durand 1,Etienne Brosse

    1. Institut Franais du P6trole, 1 avenue de Bois-Pr6au, 92500 Ruefl-Malmaison cedex,


    France
    now with Institut EGID-Bordeaux 3 1 all6e Daguin, 33607 Pessac cedex, France

    This paper reports an investigation of the influence of chlorite content and its microtexture on
    the petrophysical properties of the siliciclastic reservoir. The pore-lining chlorite 's a
    diagenetic clay mineral that commonly coats the surface of detrital grains in sandstone. Its
    earliness, continuity and thickness around the grains prevent the subsequent precipitation of
    quartz overgrowths saving very good reservoir properties, especially, the porosity (Fig. 1) On
    the contrary, when the chlorite content is high, the penneability decreases.
    A C

    B D

    Figure I SEM images of chloritic sandstone reservoir in different magnifications


    A, SEM images on thin section with pore-lining chlorite. Qz: quartz; Ch:chlorite
    C, D SEM images on fractures with pore-lining chlorite

    The Hg-injection analysis of pore-throat size distribution and capillary presssure versus
    saturation on several samples show a two/three-modes structure of porous medium and a high
    irreducible saturation due to the pore-lining chlorite. From Hg-injection method, we
    calculated the microporosity developed by pore-lining chlorite.
    The micro-geometry and the morphology of pores system (primary and secondary porosity)
    were quantified from petrographic image analysis as a 2D technique. From that, we obtain the
    3D petrophysical properties of a argillaceous sandstone pore system. More than four orders of
    magnitude are integrated in PIA method, from a submicron to a millimeter scale and enables

    International Meeting, December 912, 2002, Reims, France


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    P-MT-07

    to measure petrophysic properties such as porosity, specific surface area, average pore
    diameter, capillary pressure versus porosity, distribution of pore size, electrical properties.
    The permeability increases with the macroporosity (intergranular pore-type) and decreases
    with the microporosity associated to the chloritic micro-texture. Hence, the permeability
    results from the competition between macro and microporosity. The different laboratory
    measurements show that the chlorite shows a low cationic exchange capacity due to surfacic
    charges and low specific surface area. Ca2+ cations play the main role in exchange cations.
    Hence, a low influence of chlorite mineral on the electrical properties.
    Two electrical models (Waxman's model and Dual-water model) are used to understand the
    chlorite effect. The difference between the Qv values measured by laboratory chemistry
    measurements and calculated from two electrical models shows the influence of micro-texture
    of chlorite in porous medium on electrical behavior. The chlorite content and its texture
    increases both the formation factor and the cementation exponent for the same lithofacies and
    porosity. The database comes from some cores of different chlorite content and indicates that
    for a higher chlorite content (lower pen-neability, higher specific surface area) and a higher
    pore-lining presence the saturation exponent decreases gradually when the brine saturation
    decreases.

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