Innopolis University and TatNIPIneft have created a system for core research

2021: Development of a core research system

Specialists of the Center for Oil and Gas Technologies of Innopolis University have created a system that saves time and excludes the human factor in processing core research data, simplifies access to information for all participants in drilling and oil production processes. This was announced by the University on August 12, 2021. The program complex of automation of processing and analysis of the core geomechanical research data array was developed by order of TATNEFT.

Core is a sample of cylindrical rock extracted from the well during drilling. Laboratory study of core material includes determination of various parameters of geological environment. One type of research is geomechanical tests of the core, which give the most accurate ideas about the elastic and strength properties of rocks. The results of these studies become the basis for the construction of geomechanical models of the field, based on which experts give recommendations for drilling new wells, optimizing the field development system.

Modern laboratory core studies are a complex production process for rational study of rock properties selected by the method of column drilling. Data for each study are entered into interconnected volume tables, experiments are plotted, a comparative analysis of a large number of characteristics is carried out and a report is formed. This is a time-consuming process with many operations of the same type.

Specialists of the Center for Oil and Gas Technologies of Innopolis University together with TatNIPIneft named after VD Shashin developed a system of automation of processes of laboratory geomechanical studies of core for 12 months. The software allows you to automatically calculate the strength of rocks, generate report documents with calculated parameters, determine correlation relationships and visually evaluate the results of studies on a geophysical plate and in a 3D scene. Automation of these processes reduces the time for routine operations, which allows the specialist to focus on data analysis. An additional quality of the system is the storage of research results in a single database, which all interested services have simultaneous access to.

The project has been completed and is undergoing pilot operation in August 2021. Already, employees of the geomechanics laboratory work on the created software, and the team of our university provides technical support and consultations on all emerging issues. said Yevgeny Danilov, head of the Center for Oil and Gas Technologies at Innopolis University.

The project team plans to replicate the results of the project in the future in all laboratories of the research complex, which is being created on the basis of the Almetyev Oil Institute.