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LITHOTARGE ADVANCED INVESTIGATIVE STUDY EFFECTS ON UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS
EFFECTS ON FRACTURES - FROM TEST 1. OIL SAND FRACTURED SEDIMENTS TOP CAP INJECTION POINT
FRACTURE
DIRECTION
TOP END VIEW WITH
INDUCED FRACTURE
HEAVY OIL / SAND SAMPLE WITH FRACTURE
FOAM INJECTION WAS UNDERTAKEN USING MAXIMUM OUTPUT INTO THE TOP CAP AND AGAINST THE FRACTURED TOP END OF THE CORE SAMPLE
THE FRACTURE IN THE CT SCANS BELOW IS THE REVERSE VIEW OF THE TOP CAP ABOVE. THE FRACTURE WAS CREATED IN THE GROOVE RUNNING FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT
PRE - INJECTION POST - INJECTION
TOP - 19mm.
BOTTOM END CAP - REVIEW OF INTEGRITY
END CAP
& SPACER
END CAP ONLY
VIEW OF SAND
COLLAPSE INTO
BOTTOM END CAP
VIEW OF BOTTOM
END CAP AND USE OF
MOULDED 'SPACER'
NOTE DIFFERENCE IN
INTEGRITY
BOTTOM TOP
BOTTOM TOP
SPACER INSIDE CAP
PRE - INJECTION POST - INJECTION
CT Scans were produced courtesy of Corpro Laboratories Norway
