Current CT scanning technology has allowed both the industrial and scientific communities to see things that a person cannot see otherwise. Visualizing within hidden places without cutting open an object and possibly destroying the important features inside is now possible. The scientists and engineers at ExxonMobil are using industrial CT scanning to look inside large rock samples, viewing patterns formed by acid injection. One objective of the experiments is to improve the extraction of oil and gas resulting from well stimulation treatments. During such treatments, high volumes of acid are injected into a carbonate formation at specific rates to generate 30-foot-long channels. The channels, also known as"wormholes,"act as high-permeability conduits from the reservoir to the wellbore.
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