Sentence examples for hydrocarbon sand from inspiring English sources
"Titan has hydrocarbon sand dunes and methane lakes, and the cryo-volcanism could be hydrocarbon," said Jeffrey Kargel, a University of Arizona planetary scientist.
The base of the reservoir sands has positive reflection (hard kick in red) suggesting a less consolidated hydrocarbon sands over consolidated shale bed.
Cross-plots of different elastic parameters are generated to identify the lithology variability and pore-fluid type, and to establish likely distinction between the hydrocarbon bearing sands, brine sands and shale.
Horizon mapping of identified hydrocarbon saturated sand units from the well logs posted on the 3D seismic sections generated three (3) different horizon surfaces from the seismic volume.
The average porosities range from 0.27 to 0.31 v/v (27 31%); permeability values range from 4941.59 to 15408.08 md and water saturation of 0.15 0.23 v/v (15 23%) for the hydrocarbon bearing sands and 0.75 0.92 v/v (75 92%) for the water bearing sand intervals.
These low values of acoustic impedance are associated with hydrocarbon saturated sands; areas of high acoustic impedance are observed as a result of probable depleted zones (Fig. 9).
The average porosities for the hydrocarbon bearing sands range from 0.15 to 0.38 v/v (15 38%) with permeability range of 42.12 75873.41 md.
Inorganic nutrients stimulated microbial growth and enhanced the biodegradation of low and high molecular weight hydrocarbons, whereas sand amendment increased only the removal of high molecular weight compounds.
More than 50,000 wells have been drilled over the last 50 years in the shallow water to depths of 6,000 to 12,000 feet, finding many deposits of hydrocarbon bearing sands.
It showed that the potential hydrocarbon-bearing sands that Exxon intended to test were deeper than first thought.
Dielectric properties of material mainly depend upon the frequency of operation, temperature of the reservoir, etc. Hydrocarbons mixed with sand can absorb huge amounts of microwaves and hydrocarbons may get heated to achieve temperatures as high as 300-400 degree centigrades rapidly (Acar 2007).
