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We built a three-dimensional irregular network model which can adequately describe reservoir rock pore-throat structures. We carried out numerical simulations to study the NMR T2 distribution of water-saturated rocks. The results indicate that there is a good correlation between T2 distribution and the pore radius frequency histogram. The total T2 distribution can be partitioned into pore body and pore throat parts. The effect of parameters including throat radius, pore-throat ratio, and coordination number of the micropore structure on the T2 distribution can be evaluated individually. The result indicates that: 1) with the increase of the pore throat radius, the T2 distribution moves toward longer relaxation times and its peak intensity increases; 2) with the increase of the pore-throat ratio, the T2 distribution moves towards longer T2 with the peak intensity increasing and the overlap between pore body T2 and pore throat T2 decreasing; 3) With the increase of connectivity, the short T2 component increases and peak signal intensity decreases slightly.
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Kewen, W., Ning, L. Numerical simulation of rock pore-throat structure effects on NMR T2 distribution. Appl. Geophys. 5, 86–91 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11770-008-0013-7
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