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Kaolinite-to-dickite reaction in sandstone reservoirs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

D. Beaufort ,
A. Cassagnabere ,
S. Petit ,
B. Lanson ,
G. Berger ,
J. C. Lacharpagne  and
H. Johansen
D. Beaufort
Affiliation:
CNRS UMR 6532, Université de Poitiers 40 A v. du Recteur Pineau 86022 Poitiers Cedex
A. Cassagnabere
Affiliation:
CNRS UMR 6532, Université de Poitiers 40 A v. du Recteur Pineau 86022 Poitiers Cedex
S. Petit
Affiliation:
CNRS UMR 6532, Université de Poitiers 40 A v. du Recteur Pineau 86022 Poitiers Cedex
B. Lanson
Affiliation:
LGIT IRIGM, Université J. Fourier, CNRS - BP53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9
G. Berger
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Géochimie, UMR 5563 CNRS Université Paul Sabatier, 38 rue des 36 ponts, 31054 Toulouse Cedex
J. C. Lacharpagne
Affiliation:
Elf A quitaine Production, D T1S/SED, 64018 Pau Cedex, France
H. Johansen
Affiliation:
Institutt For Energiteknikk, PO Box 40, N-2007 Kjeller, Norway
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Abstract

The SEM, XRD, FFIR and DTA analyses of different size-fractions of clay material from sandstone reservoirs which have experienced a large range of burial conditions have been used to examine the different steps of the depth-related kaolinite-dickite reaction. Dickite progressively replaced kaolinite within a range of burial depths estimated between about 2500 m and 5000 m. The kaolinite-to-dickite reaction proceeds by gradual structural changes concomitant to crystal coarsening and change from booklet to blocky morphology. The crystallization of dickite proceeds by two distinct paths: (1) Accretion of new material from either dissolution of smaller unstable kaolinite crystals and/or detrital minerals (chiefly feldspars), on early-formed coarser metastable kaolinite crystals which exert extended morphological control on the growing crystals. (2) Neoformation of ordered dickite which will continue to grow by a dissolution-crystallization process. The kaolinite-todickite reaction is kinetically controlled and anomalies in the kaolinite/dickite ratio observed in certain sandstone reservoirs may be used to assess the timing of invasion by hydrocarbons.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 297 - 316
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1998

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