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Simultaneous measurement of rock permeability and effective porosity using laser-polarized noble gas NMR

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We report simultaneous measurements of the permeability and effective porosity of oil-reservoir rock cores using one-dimensional NMR imaging of the penetrating flow of laser-polarized xenon gas. The permeability result agrees well with industry standard techniques, whereas effective porosity is not easily determined by other methods. This NMR technique may have applications to the characterization of fluid flow in a wide variety of porous and granular media.

Source: Physical Review E

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.70.026312

Authors: R. Wang, R. W. Mair, M. S. Rosen, D. G. Cory, R. L. Walsworth

Institutions: Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: NMR spectroscopy and applications

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2160013330

FWCI: 3.008

Cites: 31

Cited by: 39

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