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041 _aInglés
245 0 0 _aDetermination of the stable isotope composition and total dissolved solids of Athabasca oil sands reservoir porewater
_bPart 1. A new tool for aqueous fluid characterization in oil sands reservoirs
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_coct. 2014
270 _a10/02/2015 ; 10/02/2015
300 _a10 p. ; 2131-2141
520 _aTranscripción del resumen del autor: We present a new method to determine the total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration and the stable isotope composition of drill-core-derived Porewater in oil sands reservoirs of northeastern Alberta, Canada. The technique described here uses two end-member mixing relationships between the stable isotope compositions of drilling fluids and formation waters from mechanically extracted porewater samples to calculate the formation water TDS, BLTN13192eq1, and BLTN13192eq2 values. Analysis of water samples extracted directly from McMurray Formation drill core provides an inexpensive and robust advance in the ability to characterize the properties of reservoir pore waters that can be widely deployed because of the ubiquity of drill-core sampling. Porewater data from three oil sands wells from different locations within the Athabasca region are presented in this study. Water derived from these wells had TDS values of 860 to 45,000 mg/L, BLTN13192eq3 values of -172 to -149‰, and BLTN13192eq4 values of -22.4 to -19.3‰. These values are consistent with regional trends in formation water salinity and stable isotope compositions, and illustrate the wide range of TDS values that can be found in McMurray Formation waters. The ability to characterize aqueous fluids within bitumen-saturated reservoirs is a new development that enables measurement of aqueous fluid properties that is not easily obtained by other sampling means. This methodology provides a tool to understand the origin and movement of reservoir water related to natural groundwater flow, or to anthropogenic influence by steam injection. Novel in situ extraction technologies that use electromagnetic heating systems may also benefit from detailed characterization of aqueous reservoir fluids to accurately determine the properties of the reservoir porewater.
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773 0 _tAAPG Bulletin
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942 _cARTICULO
100 1 _aCowie, Benjamin R.
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100 1 _aJames, Bruce
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100 1 _aNighttingale, Michael
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100 1 _aMayer, Bernhard
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