rock which collects and traps oil and gas due to its permeability and porosity
reservoir rock in American English
noun
Geology
rock that has sufficient porosity to contain accumulations of oil or gas
Word origin
[1910–15]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cat and mouse, coverage, grass roots, radio, zing
Examples of 'reservoir rock' in a sentence
reservoir rock
The sandy rock functioned as a good groundwater reservoir rock.
Moch. Yohanes 2004, 'Deposition Model of Point Bar Sand of Ancient Bengawan Solo as Regional GroundwaterReservoir in Ngloram - Cepu, Central Java Blora', Forum Geografihttp://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/fg/article/view/460. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hydrogen storage causes a slight decrease in porosity of the reservoir rock.
Christina Hemme, Wolfgang van Berk 2018, 'Hydrogeochemical Modeling to Identify Potential Risks of Underground Hydrogen Storagein Depleted Gas Fields', Applied Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/11/2282. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, realistic measurements of reservoir rock properties under simulated in-situ stress-state are necessary.
Abdulrahman A. Al-Quraishi, Omar A. Almisned, Musaed N.J. Al-Awad 2010, 'Relative Permeabilities of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Laminated Rock Samples underHydrostatic and Triaxial Stresses', Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363918304975. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Clay minerals are considered the most important components of clastic reservoir rock evaluation studies.
Golnaz Jozanikohan, Fereydoun Sahabi, Gholam Hossain Norouzi, Hossein Memarian 2015, 'Thermal Analysis: A Complementary Method to Study the Shurijeh Clay Minerals', International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineeringhttp://ijmge.ut.ac.ir/article_54362_10be61f73b3ec43411c2103733645205.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Electrofacies are used to determine reservoir rock properties, especially permeability, to simulate fluid flow in porous media.
Mahdi Rastegarnia, Ali Sanati, Dariush Javani 2016, 'A comparative study of 3D FZI and electrofacies modeling using seismic attribute analysisand neural network technique: A case study of Cheshmeh-Khosh Oil field in Iran', Petroleumhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405656116300475. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There are many types of carbonate reservoir rock spaces with complex shapes, and their primary pore structure changes dramatically.
Peiqing Lian, Cuiyu Ma, Bingyu Ji, Taizhong Duan, Xuequn Tan 2017, 'Numerical Simulation Modeling of Carbonate Reservoir Based on Rock Type', Journal of Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6987265. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cuttings from the jetting process retrieved from the holes can be used to estimate the reservoir rock permeability.
Thomas Reinsch, Bob Paap, Simon Hahn, Volker Wittig, Sidney van den Berg 2018, 'Insights into the radial water jet drilling technology – Application in a quarry',Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineeringhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775517304651. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A multi-layered gas condensate reservoir model was constructed and simulated using actual reservoir rock and fluid properties.
Reza Azin, Hassan Sedaghati, Rouhollah Fatehi, Shahriar Osfouri, Zahra Sakhaei 2018, 'Production assessment of low production rate of well in a supergiant gas condensatereservoir: application of an integrated strategy', Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13202-018-0491-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Drilling and fracturing fluids can interact with reservoir rock and cause formation damage that impedes hydrocarbon production.
Tianbo Liang, Fuyang Gu, Erdong Yao, Lufeng Zhang, Kai Yang, Guohua Liu, Fujian Zhou 2017, 'Formation Damage due to Drilling and Fracturing Fluids and Its Solution for TightNaturally Fractured Sandstone Reservoirs', Geofluidshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9350967. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)