Edison Sripal

Mr. Edison Sripal


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2018 in Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description
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MNMemorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland
ESEdison Sripal
Edison Sripal
LJLesley James
Lesley James

10 March 2021 in Minerals
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Edison Sripal
DGDavid C Grant
David C Grant
LJLesley James
Lesley James
In reservoir engineering, special core analysis experiments (SCAL) are performed in the lab to evaluate the production capabilities of an oil reservoir. A critical component of SCAL experiments is core wettability restoration to its original wettability, i.e., oil wet condition. Typically, aging is performed by saturating the core with oil and aging at reservoir temperature where time is the variable in question dictating whether the resulting restored core is strongly or weakly oil-wet. In the lab, core wettability is often experimentally validated using contact angle measurements or USBM (United States Bureau of Mines) wettability tests, which are often time consuming, expensive and prone to error. In this study we developed a novel method by using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and mineral liberation analysis (MLA) imaging (at low vacuum conditions) to determine the wettability of rocks saturated with reservoir fluids such as oil and brine. For this work a systematic approach was applied with comparing the SEM-MLA method against conventional methods to quantify the degree of uncertainty linked to a) wettability estimation and b) the aging time. We have used a comprehensive suite of core samples such as Berea, Silurian Dolomite and Chalk to represent the bulk of oil reservoirs in the world.