Foundation CMG Consortia on Reservoir Geomechanics for Unconventional Resources

CMG 非常规资源储层地质力学联盟基金会

• 批准号: 462381-2013
• 负责人: Chalaturnyk, Richard
• 金额: $ 49.25万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=619227
• 关键词: Foundation; CMG; Consortia; Reservoir; Geomechanics

Canada's energy resources, in particular Alberta's large and challenging unconventional resources (including oil sands, coalbed methane, bitumen carbonates and more recently shale gas), have advanced significantly in their potential to supply energy to world markets. The need to protect the environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions will severely test Alberta's ability to meet its and Canada's own power needs, expand export markets and ensure that it obtains maximum value from its resources. Development of these immense and unique resource deposits depends on efficient, economic extraction technologies; the reduction, storage and/or effective use of CO2; improved land restoration processes; and an improved understanding the environmental impact of resource development. The proposed Chair research program investigates the application of soil and rock mechanics in unconventional oil and gas production to advance our fundamental knowledge in these areas and to develop novel technologies and processes to optimize economic and environmentally sustainable recovery of unconventional resources. This proposed Chair program will provide world-class research training opportunities for Highly Qualified Personnel in the field of reservoir geomechanics. The research program will also explore the application of emerging technologies in digital fabrication techniques to create innovative pathways for assessing the impact of heterogeneity on the reservoir geomechanical behavior of unconventional resources, a key source of uncertainty constraining our understanding of how unconventional reservoirs behave. Improved understanding of reservoir-geomechanical behaviour of the oil sands, bitumen carbonates and shales is critical in the efficient, safe operation of unconventional resource recovery projects and will also assist in improving reservoir surveillance techniques and production optimization activities. This will ultimately lead to more efficient hydrocarbon recovery and potentially lower energy consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

加拿大的能源资源，特别是艾伯塔省巨大且具有挑战性的非常规资源（包括油砂、煤层气、沥青碳酸盐和最近的页岩气），在向世界市场供应能源的潜力方面已显着提高。保护环境和减少温室气体排放的需要将严重考验艾伯塔省满足本国和加拿大自身电力需求、扩大出口市场以及确保从资源中获得最大价值的能力。这些巨大而独特的资源储量的开发取决于高效、经济的开采技术；减少、储存和/或有效利用二氧化碳；改进土地恢复流程；更好地了解资源开发对环境的影响。拟议的主席研究计划研究土壤和岩石力学在非常规石油和天然气生产中的应用，以提高我们在这些领域的基础知识，并开发新技术和工艺，以优化非常规资源的经济和环境可持续回收。该拟议的主席计划将为油藏地质力学领域的高素质人才提供世界一流的研究培训机会。该研究项目还将探索新兴技术在数字制造技术中的应用，以创建创新途径来评估非均质性对非常规资源储层地质力学行为的影响，这是限制我们了解非常规储层行为的不确定性的一个关键来源。提高对油砂、沥青碳酸盐和页岩的储层地质力学行为的了解对于非常规资源回收项目的高效、安全运行至关重要，也将有助于改进储层监测技术和生产优化活动。这最终将导致更有效的碳氢化合物回收，并有可能降低能源消耗和温室气体排放。