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EVALUATION OF WELL LOG DATA FOR DETERMINATION OF AIR AND/OR GAS FILLED POROSITY

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 6339
Amount: $83,761.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
14411 Cornerstone Village Dr
Houston, TX 77014
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 ROBERT P ALGER
 (713) 537-8300
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Research Institution
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Abstract

A PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF EARTH FORMATIONS THAT STRONGLY INFLUENCES THE RATE OF ATTENUATION OF A SHOCK WAVE IS THE BULK VOLUME OF AIR OR GAS ENTRAINED IN THE POROSITY. AS A RESULT, THE ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF THIS GAS VOLUME IS IMPORTANT FOR PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF A SHOCK WAVE ON SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES. THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY HAS USED GEOPHYSICAL WELL LOGS FOR YEARS TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE THE VOLUME OF OIL AND GAS IN SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS. IN THE PAST, THE TECHNIQUES UTILIZED BY THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY HAS NOT BEEN OF SUFFICIENT ACCURACY FOR USE IN SHOCK ATTENUATION STUDIES. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LOG MEASUREMENTS, PREPROCESSING, QUALITY CONTROL, DATA INTEGRATION, AND MODELING HAS GREATLY IMPROVED THE ACCURACY OF DETERMINING LOW VOLUMES OF GAS AT LOW POROSITIES. WELL LOG DATA FROM AN AREA IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN WILL BE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE IF THESE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ARE OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE THAT THE RESULTS WILL BE USEFUL TO DNA.

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