ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 7

Preparation Techniques for Oil-Sand Testing

Dusseault, MB
Professor of geological engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Soderberg, H
Research engineer, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Sterne, K
Engineer, Thurber Consultants Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia

Abstract

Evaluation of technologies for oil-sand mining and enhanced oil recovery in oil sands and other uncemented sandstone reservoirs requires high-quality undisturbed samples and special sampling, preparation, and testing techniques to minimize the effects of sample disturbance by expansion. This paper presents some methods developed for storage, preparation, and laboratory testing of the geomechanical properties of oil sands. These techniques have application to the handling of other earth materials that are difficult to prepare for testing.

Keywords:
oil sands, sandstones, test procedures, permeability, compressibility, sample preparation

Paper ID: GTJ10478J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10478J
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