Research Data
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Contact model and numerical modelling results: “Compaction of the Groningen Gas Reservoir Sandstone: Discrete Element Modelling Using Microphysically Based Grain-Scale Interaction Laws”
Mohammad Hadi Mehranpour
Utrecht University
(2021)
Descriptions
Reservoir compaction, surface subsidence and induced seismicity are often associated with prolonged hydrocarbon production. Recent experiments conducted on the Groningen gas field’s Slochteren sandstone reservoir rock, at in-situ conditions, have shown that compaction involves both poro-elastic strain and time-independent, permanent strain caused by consolidation and shear of clay films coating the sandstone grains, with grain failure occurring at higher stresses. To model compaction of the reservoir in space and time, numerical approaches, such as the Discrete Element Method (DEM) , populated with realistic grain-scale mechanisms are needed. We developed a new particle-interaction law (contact model) for the classic DEM to explicitly account for the experimentally observed mechanisms of non-linear elasticity, intergranular clay film deformation, and grain breakage. It was calibrated against both hydrostatic and conventional triaxial compression experiments and validated against an independent set of pore pressure depletion experiments conducted under uniaxial strain conditions, using a range of sample porosities, grain size distributions and clay contents. The model obtained was used to predict compaction of the Groningen reservoir. These results were compared with field measurements of in-situ compaction and matched favorably, within field measurement uncertainties. The new model allows systematic investigation of the effects of mineralogy, microstructure, boundary conditions and loading path on compaction behavior of the reservoir. It also offers a means of generating a data bank suitable for developing generalized constitutive models and for predicting reservoir response to different scenarios of gas extraction, or of fluid injection for stabilization or storage purposes. The data provided in this dataset include the contact model (source codes and the contact model library) developed for the Particle Flow Code (PFC) software, Fish code package for running PFC models, numerical modeling results (tabulated) obtained in the calibration procedure and uniaxial compaction prediction.
Keywords
Originally assigned keywords
Rock and melt physical properties
sandstone
Triaxial
Triaxial Compressive Strength
Young’s Modulus
Bulk Modulus
Strain gauge
Discrete Element Method (DEM)
Particle Flow Code (PFC)
Inelastic deformation
Compaction
Sandstone
EPOS
Multi-scale laboratories
Clay film
Quartz
Gas reservoir
Subsidence
Induced seismicity
Contact model
Nonlinear elasticity
permanent time-independent deformation
Intragranular failure
Numerical modeling
Grain failure
Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
sandstone
triaxial compressive strength (s1>s2=s3)
bulk modulus
poroelastic deformation
bulk modulus
inelastic deformation
strain
strain
quartz
gas field
surface subsidence
induced seismicity
intragranular cracking
intragranular crack
MSL enriched keywords
sedimentary rock
sandstone
Measured property
mechanical strength
triaxial compressive strength (s1>s2=s3)
elasticity
bulk modulus
Inferred deformation behavior
deformation behaviour
poroelastic deformation
Measured property
elasticity
bulk modulus
inelastic deformation
strain
strain
minerals
silicate minerals
tectosilicates
quartz
subsurface energy production
hydrocarbon energy production
gas field
surface subsidence
induced seismicity
microphysical deformation mechanism
intragranular cracking
Analyzed feature
deformation microstructure
brittle microstructure
intragranular crack
wacke
Slochteren sandstone
phyllosilicates
clay
unconsolidated sediment
clastic sediment
clay
Apparatus
deformation testing
compression testing
triaxial compression apparatus
conventional triaxial apparatus
elastic strain
inelastic strain
pore fluid pressure
elastic strain
inelastic strain
grain size and configuration
grain size
Metadata
MSL enriched sub domains
rock and melt physics
analogue modelling of geologic processes
microscopy and tomography
Resource Type
Source publisher
| Utrecht University |
DOI
| 10.24416/uu01-575ewu |
Creators
| Mohammad Hadi Mehranpour |
| Personal |
| Utrecht University |
Contributors
| Mehranpour, Mohammad Hadi |
| Personal |
| Utrecht University |
| Hangx, Suzanne J.T. |
| Personal |
| Utrecht University |
| Spiers, Christopher James |
| Personal |
| Utrecht University |
Citation
Mehranpour, M. H. (2021). Contact model and numerical modelling results: “Compaction of the Groningen Gas Reservoir Sandstone: Discrete Element Modelling Using Microphysically Based Grain-Scale Interaction Laws” (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.24416/UU01-575EWU
References
Dates
| Issued | 2021-05-18T11:05:02 |
| Updated | 2026-02-04T11:50:49 |
| Collected | 2019-06-01/2020-01-01 |
Language
en
Funding References
| Funder Name | Netherlands Research Council (NWO) |
Rights
| Name | Open - freely retrievable |
| URI | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Name | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| URI | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Identifier | cc-by-4.0 |
| Identifier Scheme | SPDX |
| Scheme URI | https://spdx.org/licenses/ |
Locations
Geo location(s)
Groningen gas field’s Slochteren sandstone reservoir rock