METHODS OF APPLICATION OF COMPUTER MICROTOMOGRAPHY IN GEOLOGY

Abstract

The world experience of tomography and micro-tomography methods application in petroleum geology was de-scribed in the article. The examples of determining the mineral composition of rock based on the visual analysis are described. The 3D model of the pore space with segmentation inside the pore fluids was constructed. The attempt is described to correlate the data of average equivalent-diameters with permeability, and a number of conclusions about the universality of application of the computer micro-tomography method in geology based on visual analysis of rocks tomograms are made. Some findings about isotropy / anisotropy of physico-mechanical and filtration properties are presented. The promising areas of application of the method in the petroleum geology sphere are highlighted.