SEGJ Technical Conference


The investigations of fluid-flows behavior in rocks by electrical impedance


Abstract
We conducted to monitor the fluid behavior in four types of rocks by using electrical impedance (Z) under high-pressure conditions (20 MPa for confining pressure). Two brine-saturated sandstones are injected super critical CO2. In this case, Z clearly increases with changing CO2 injection rate. We also use two artificial cracked rocks, granite and pyroxene-andesite, they are saturated by Nitrogen the initial condition. We injected brine to these samples and measure the Z. The quartz-andesite shows Z-reduction with increasing brine pressure. However, the granite does not show the change of Z. These Z-changes reflect the variation of water saturation.