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The effect of fluid/rock ratio on feldspar dissolution and illite formation under reservoir conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

W. L. Huang ,
A. M. Bishop  and
R. W. Brown
W. L. Huang
Affiliation:
Exxon Production Research Company, PO Box 2189, Houston, TX 77001, USA
A. M. Bishop
Affiliation:
Exxon Production Research Company, PO Box 2189, Houston, TX 77001, USA
R. W. Brown
Affiliation:
Exxon Production Research Company, PO Box 2189, Houston, TX 77001, USA
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Abstract

Experiments on the conversion of feldspar to illite reveal that variation of the fluid/rock ratio (flow rate) has a significant effect on the kinetics of feldspar dissolution and illite formation. Dissolution of albite in near-neutral KCl solution at 200°C and 500 bar shows that the Si and Na release rate per unit surface area of albite is faster with higher fluid/rock ratio. These results have application to the interpretation of secondary porosity formation. The experiments also reveal a special set of conditions under which rapid illite formation can occur. In contrast to the slow process of illite formation in neutral solution, there can be mass nucleation and growth of illite platelets on albite surfaces in an initially acidic solution with low fluid/rock ratio. In similar experiments with higher fluid/rock ratio, kaolinite forms instead of illite because there is insufficient solid to titrate the large volume of solution. This study suggests that illitization of feldspar or kaolinite may be triggered by a decreased rate of acidic fluid-influx during burial diagenesis.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 585 - 601
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1986

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