High-resolution synchrotron X-ray micro-tomography datasets of multiphase fluid flow in carbonate rocks at reservoir pressure conditions

Dataset title	High-resolution synchrotron X-ray micro-tomography datasets of multiphase fluid flow in carbonate rocks at reservoir pressure conditions
Dataset creators	Kamaljit Singh (Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London) Martin J Blunt (Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London)
Dataset theme	Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract	The datasets contain 416 time-resolved synchrotron X-ray micro-tomographic images (grey-scale and segmented) of multiphase (brine-oil) fluid flow in a carbonate rock sample at reservoir conditions. The tomographic images were acquired at a voxel-resolution of 3.28 µm and time-resolution of 38 s. The data were collected at beamline I13 of Diamond Light Source, U.K., with an aim of investigating pore-scale processes during immiscible fluid displacement under a capillary-controlled flow regime, which lead to the trapping of a non-wetting fluid in a permeable rock. Understanding the pore-scale dynamics is important in many natural and industrial processes such as water infiltration in soils, oil recovery from reservoir rocks, geo-sequestration of supercritical CO2 to address global warming, and subsurface non-aqueous phase liquid contaminant transport. Further details of the sample preparation and fluid injection strategy can be found in Singh et al. (2017). These time-resolved tomographic images can be used for validating various pore-scale displacement models such as direct simulations, pore-network and neural network models, as well as to investigate flow mechanisms related to the displacement and trapping of the non-wetting phase in the pore space.
Dataset content dates	09/09/2015 — 15/09/2015
Dataset spatial coverage	not applicable
Dataset supply format	.raw
Dataset language	English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record	Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher	British Geological Survey
Dataset publication date	2017
Dataset citation text	Kamaljit Singh, Martin J. Blunt (Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London) (2017): High-resolution synchrotron X-ray micro-tomography datasets of multiphase fluid flow in carbonate rocks at reservoir pressure conditions. British Geological Survey. http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/4097dcae-a37e-4636-8711-a68f497e8826
Constraints and terms of use	This data set is delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Imperial College London gratefully acknowledge permission to publish and funding from the Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre (QCCSRC), provided jointly by Qatar Petroleum, Shell, and Qatar Science & Technology Park. Qatar Petroleum remain copyright owner."
Access the dataset	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item84189
Further information	Singh, K, Menke, H, Andrew, M, Lin, Q, Rau, C, Blunt, M J, and Bijeljic, B. (2017) Dynamics of snap-off and pore-filling events during two-phase fluid flow in permeable media. Scientific Reports 7(1), 5192.