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The Effects of Carbon Dioxide Laser Irradiation on Drilling of Limestone Included Crude Oil
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
Petroleum Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Department of Physics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Petroleum Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
- 1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
- 2 Petroleum Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
- 3 Department of Physics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- 4 Petroleum Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Journal of Modern Physics·Volume 05 (2014)·Pages 248–256·Published 24 March 2014·DOI10.4236/jmp.2014.55035
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Abstract
Laser rock spallation is a rock removal process that utilizes laser induced thermal stress to fracture and cause a break through the rock by creating small fragments before melting of the rock. In this paper we investigated the effects of CO 2 laser irradiation on limestone of Iran Sarvak formation. Since the limestone included heavy and light oil, we studied the amount of laser beam absorption by this oils for determining thermal fractured during the laser drilling laboratory process. In order to characterize this limestone spectrophotometry (from UV to NIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have been used.
KeywordsLimestone DrillingRate of PenetrationCO<sub>2</sub>LaserOil and Gas Well
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