Tests and Procedures for Reservoir Evaluation in Low Permeability Reservoirs.Final Report, December 1993

摘要

This report is the culmination of extensive research operations conducted underthe auspices of the Gas Research Institute (GRI) in various areas and well sites in the Appalachian Basin. Over the past 10 years, GRI has conducted extensive research in gas bearing shales and selected tight sands of the Appalachian Basin. GRI's Appalachian Basin Program has had many accomplishments in the form of key knowledge, information, methodologies, techniques, and technologies. Through its efforts to ground research results with an applied program focusing on field based projects that tested these results in the reservoir setting and served as direct technology transfer vehicles. New and novel testing procedures were developed to provide the unique data and information needed by the team. These procedures included rigorous safety considerations and high quality data acquisition in a short time period that did not damage the reservoir. The utility of these diagnostic procedures and tests go beyond just research and can be applied by operators when information and data are needed during exploration and field development.