Experimental validation of fracture aperture determination from borehole electric microresistivtiy measurements

We studied the electric response of fractures with laboratory experiments and numerical simulations for a full-bore formation microimaging tool. The laboratory setup was designed and built to perform controlled experiments with accurate measurements of all principal properties involved for electric borehole imaging. These properties are...

Fracture characterization from formation microlmager data

The Formation MicroImager (mark of Schlumberger) is an electric imaging tool that produces electrical scans of the borehole walls. These measurements provide useful information on the fracture aperture of naturally fractured reservoirs. In this paper, we present a laboratory set-up that was realized to perform controlled experiments on fractured...

Influence of physical and chemcial properties on the low-frequency complex conductivity of peat

Organic layers are heterogeneous in space and their composition changes over time. This poses challenges to ecohydrologists, subsurface hydrologists and ground engineers in characterizing subsurface peat structures and predicting their behaviour over time. Peat deposits can be characterized by performing electrical surveys, provided that the...