Hung Phu Van, Nguyet T. A. Vu, Quynh Van Bui, Viet The Nguyen, Dat Quang Le
{"title":"Trend analysis of groundwater levels in the monitoring boreholes within basalt formations in Dak Lak province","authors":"Hung Phu Van, Nguyet T. A. Vu, Quynh Van Bui, Viet The Nguyen, Dat Quang Le","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(2).05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(2).05","url":null,"abstract":"Groundwater from the basalt formations is the main source for the irrigation domestic use in Dak Lak province. Groundwater levels are important information for sustainable management water resouces in the region. The evolution of Groundwater level in the basalt aquifer in Dak Lak province is analyzed and evaluated by using the statistical test method. The results of the Mann-Kendall test indicated that the annual groundwater level had downward trend at 6/8 monitoring holes. The reduction was approximately from 0.03 m/year to 0.1 m/year at boreholes LK71T, LK29T, and CB1-II with high reliability in statistics (p-value < 10%). The downward trend also appeared at 6/8 observed boreholes in the rainy season (0.05÷0.2 m/year) and dry seasons (0.03÷0.15 m/year). Groundwater level changed, in this work, was interpreted and linked to precipitation data. Comparison with annual rainfall monitoring data during the period 2010÷2016 at three stations in the study area, the Pearson correlation coefficient showed that the changed in rainfall amount overtime govern the groundwater level in the study area. Specifically, the results have identified a close correlation between the groundwater level at the boreholes LK29T, C4a, LK71T, and LK75T with average rainfall in the dry season in the study area. The strong correlation continued to be maintained at 3/8 monitoring holes (C4a, LK29T, and LK75T) in rainy season. Mann-Kendall statistical method and Pearson correlation can be applied to analyze long-term Groundwater level changes for sustainable management and exploitation of groundwater resources.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134300040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hoan Ngoc Do, Hieu Quang Tran, A. Nguyen, Tho Anh Nguyen
{"title":"Hazard identification and risk assessment for occupational safety and health in the limestone quarries transportation","authors":"Hoan Ngoc Do, Hieu Quang Tran, A. Nguyen, Tho Anh Nguyen","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(2).07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(2).07","url":null,"abstract":"In quarries for building material, the primary transportation mode is by truck due to its high mobility that is suitable for the actual terrain conditions of the mine. The characteristic of transportation work in these mines is the large amount of cargo transportation, steep slopes, small turning radius, and therefore always potential hazards and risks for workers at the mine. The article presents a method for evaluating the points to identify and assess the level of occupational safety and health risks in transportation activities in quarries for building material, based on which control solutions are proposed to ensure safety and occupational health during the production and business process of construction material mines. From identifying and evaluating the level of risks, they are quantified into risk levels to assess the potential loss of occupational safety at each specific stage of the transportation process in the mine. This is a quantitative method that allows for the easy evaluation of occupational safety and health risk levels through quantifiable values obtained by expert scoring and surveys of worker opinions at the production site. This evaluation is based on separate assessments of factors such as estimating the consequences of injury to workers, the frequency of occupational accidents, and the ability to recognize occupational hazards. Through this assessment, a classification table is proposed for workers to understand and implement occupational safety and health procedures correctly, avoiding occupational accidents and unnecessary occupational diseases.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126820599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linh Khac Nguyen, Giap Van Doan, Tien Van Pham, Thang Hong Thi Le
{"title":"A new design on a multi - purpose trolley chair to support patients’ care process","authors":"Linh Khac Nguyen, Giap Van Doan, Tien Van Pham, Thang Hong Thi Le","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(2).06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(2).06","url":null,"abstract":"Wheelchairs, trolley chairs, and potty chairs are essential for people with disabilities, patients, and elderly. These forms of equipments are specially designed to support specific needs of their users, such as moving, bathing, and resting, etc. Since the function of equipment is limitted, patients with multiple problems may need more than one single equipment to be properly supported, which make the caring processes more complicated because patients have to be transferred between equipment, also increase the cost on equipment. This paper presents a new design on a multi-purpose trolley chair to better support patient’s life. Multi-purpose trolley chair can be used as a lifting and transfering equipment, or supporting devices for moving, bathing of patients and elderly. The seat on multi-purpose trolley chair is seprated into 2 pieces and can be adjusted by a smart-locking system, the chair back can be flexibility rotated back and front, and the whole seating set is installed on a mechanic lifting mechanism to better fit and comfort patients with different sitting modes to satisfies required medical treatment positions or easier moving, Moreover, this device can be placed in the bedroom as a regular toilet seat, helping patients avoid having to travel far when they are alone. Combining with the use of computational software for structural analysis, such as NX and SAP2000, to optimize the design, the calculation and design process can be done quickly with the aim of reducing the weight of the vehicle while ensuring durability, rigidity, and safety during operation. Conducting this research is an initial basis to quickly bring the versatile patient care wheelchair product into practice.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130067486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geotechnical zoning in Hai Duong province for construction planning","authors":"Thang Hong Do, Phong Van Nguyen","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(2).04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(2).04","url":null,"abstract":"Information on geology and engineering plays an important role in construction activities, forecasting adverse problems, and choosing the foundation solutions. The management and use of this information on the basis of zoning geological conditions will contribute to ensure the sustainability in economic exploitation of the territory in general and in construction development in particular. This paper presents the results of analysis, evaluation, and systematization of geological, tectonic, geomorphological, hydrogeological, and engineering geological data in Hai Duong province from the point of view of engineering geology. In particular, the geological conditions for construction are evaluated on the basis of classification of soil and rock of F.P Xavarenski and standard TCVN 9362-2012. Accordingly, soil and rock in the study area are divided into 5 groups: hard rock (I), semi-hard rock (II), cohesiveless soil (III), cohesive soil (IV) and soft soil (V) and then they are classified according to construction properties. Applying the partitioning method of I.V. Popov, the geotechnical conditions of the study area are divided into 3 zones: I, II, III and 3 sub-zones (III.a, III.b, III.c). On that basis, engineering geology problems in each zone and sub-zone are analyzed and evaluated as the basis for planning, serving for digitization and integration relating to digitized maps.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122862605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Submarine landslide and associated polygonal faults development: a case study from offshore Norway","authors":"A. Le, N. Bui","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).08","url":null,"abstract":"Submarine slide and polygonal faults have been investigated using high-resolution 3D seismic data, over an area of 2,300 km2. The study area is located on the continental slope, offshore Norway. Submarine sliding covers more than half of the study area, and is part of the Storage slide. The slide developed a series of extensional faults at the upper extensional zone which is gradually changed to chaos seismic facies, interpreted as mass transport deposits. There is no clear evidence of compression/contractional zone downslope. Polygonal faults are highly developed in the KS1 and KS2 interval, corresponding to the Lower Miocene age. The fault has small offset of c. 10÷30 ms TWT, spacing ranges between c. 500 m and 1 km. Within this faulted interval, faults tend to develop intensively below the submarine sliding and much less out of that area. Bright amplitude anomalies are observed within the north south – elongated anticline structure. It has been mapped over an area of c. 135 km2 coinciding with the top anticline. Among those, there are two obvious negatives, bright amplitude reflectors which are relatively flat at 2670 ms TWT (flat spot 1) and 2800 ms TWT (flat spot 2). These flat spots are interpreted as hydrocarbon-brine contacts. Flat spot 2 is bounded by the structure contour but there is no evidence for the unconformable with the lithologic reflections from the trap boundary, thus this still needs to be confirmed by well data. Bright amplitude anomalies suggest the existence of hydrocarbon in the trap, in addition, the occurrence of polygonal faults is linked to seal potential covering the underneath petroleum reservoir, proving the great hydrocarbon potential in this area.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125169528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cuong Duy Tong, L. Hoang, Dung Viet Bui, Huyen Dieu Thi Pham, T. T. Nguyen
{"title":"Depositional environments of the Miocene sediments in northern Song Hong basin","authors":"Cuong Duy Tong, L. Hoang, Dung Viet Bui, Huyen Dieu Thi Pham, T. T. Nguyen","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).02","url":null,"abstract":"Northern Song Hong Tertiary Sedimentary basin is a classic case study of a pull-apart basin in southeast Asia, whose formation was controlled by the India-Eurasia collision, sinistral and dextral strike-slip motion of the Ailao Shan-Red River Shear Zone and Opening of the East Vietnam Sea during the Cenozoic. Unlike the central and southern parts of the basin, the northern Song Hong Basin experienced a very strong inversion during the Late Miocene. This rapid uplift of the region has led to significantly change in lithofacies and sedimentary environments, which are now still poorly understood. This uncertainty is considered one of the main challingings in prediction of the non-structural traps in the region. The recent results derived from well logging and 2D/3D seismic interpretation allowed us to define the Miocene formation in northern Song Hong basin, which are subdivided into three substrata, namely: the Lower, Middle and Upper stratum, which are characterized by typical characteristics of lithology and depositional environments. The Lower Miocene formation is dominated by deltaic environment at the bottom, transitioning to the overlying shelf environment. Lithology of the section varies from coarse-grained sediment (sandstone) to fine grained material such as shale and mudstone upward; The Middle Miocene stratum demonstrate sandier, coalic materials of the delta plain and delta front environments intercalated with swampy shale. In contrast, the Upper Miocene section is characterized by more fluvial and nearshore elements. It is illustrated by presence of the channel-filled sand bodies and mouth/longshore sand bars. These sand bodies demonstrate good porosity and horizontal permeability, which are considered to be good potential reservoir for both structural and non-structural traps in the Miocene formation.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134331637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hiep Huu Hoang, Thang Van Nguyen, Nam Huu Nguyen, Viet Tuan Le, Hoai Trung Pham
{"title":"Deep geological structure of An Chau trough base on new study data","authors":"Hiep Huu Hoang, Thang Van Nguyen, Nam Huu Nguyen, Viet Tuan Le, Hoai Trung Pham","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).10","url":null,"abstract":"An Chau trough with an area of about 10,000 km2 located in the Northeast of Vietnam is the southwest tail of the Mesozoic Thap Van Dai Son basin and has a complex geological structure. The geological structure of An Chau trough has been studied since the 70s of the last century, however, previous studies were mainly surface geological studies. Deep structure studies only based on measurement gravity data at the scale of 1/200.000 with outdated machinery, equipment and processing technology. With the goal of re-searching, investigating and surveying oil and gas resources, from 2013 to 2017, Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group has deployed measuring over 9,000 km of the Airbone high-resolution Mag-Gravity survey with the resolution of measuring points on the measure-line from 6 m to 7 m/point, more than 450 ground gravimetric points and acquiring over 1,000 km 2D seismic survey. All magnetic-gravity and seismic data collected in the field is then processed at processing centers with modern technology such as Sander Geophysics - Canada, Institute of Geophysics - VAST, CGG Veritas Singapore. The results of interpretation and integration of these new documents together with the previous geological documents have initially allowed to identify and construct a deep geological model of An Chau trough. The results of this study will help clarify the history of geological development of the study area based on evidences that can only be observed on seismic data. Inaddition, these results also help to make orientation for explorating mineral resources in general and oil and gas resources in particular.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114201618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Man Quang Ha, H. M. Nguyen, Dung Viet Bui, Hong Viet Nguyen, Hoa Khac Truong, N. Pham
{"title":"Improving carbonate reservoir characterization by applying rock typing methods: a case study from the Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam","authors":"Man Quang Ha, H. M. Nguyen, Dung Viet Bui, Hong Viet Nguyen, Hoa Khac Truong, N. Pham","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).05","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the permeability-porosity relationships is the key to improving reservoir prediction and exploitation especially in carbonate reservoirs, which are known for their complex textural and diagenetic variation. Rock type classifications have long been proven to be an effective technique for establishing permeability- porosity relationships, enhance the capability to capture the various reservoir flow behavior and prediction for uncored reservoir zones. This study highlights some of those practical and theoretically-correct methods, such as Hydraulic Flow Unit (HFU); Global hydraulic element (GHE), Winland’s R35 method, Pittman method, Lucia method. They are proposed and tested for identification and characterization of the rock types using a database of 555 core plugs from the Miocene carbonate reservoir in the Nam Con Son basin. It is a large isolated carbonate build-up structure which were deposited within a shallow marine platform interior and are dominated by coral, red algal and foraminiferal packstones, wackestones and grainstones. Hydrocarbons in this reservoir have been found in the upper most part of the late Miocene formation. Conventional core data were first used to define and display the cross plot of permeability and porosity. Different charts and cutoff thresholds were used to classified, defined number of rock type and the linear and non-linear equations were established. The predicted core permeability was calculated using different methods and compared with the actual core permeability for each rock type. The predicted reservoir rock type and permeability predictions of HFU method was recognized to give better matching of measured core permeability with coefficient of more than 89%.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125457891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal maturity modelling for the source rocks in blocks 10 and 11.1, Nam Con Son basin","authors":"Nga Hoai Le, Huyen Dieu Thi Pham, Lan Nguyen","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).01","url":null,"abstract":"Blocks 10 and 11.1 are located at the western boundary of the Nam Con Son basin, offshore southern Vietnam. Hydrocarbon shows have been encountered in many wells as the Gau Chua (GC), Ca Cho (CC), Gau Ngua (GN), Phi Ma (PM), Than Ma (TM), etc. In the CC and GN fields, the oil and gas were discovered in Miocene sandstone reservoirs and in fractured granite basement. The Cau and Dua formations are active source rocks in this area. Oil and gas discovered in wells were generated from coal and coaly claystone sediments which deposited under oxidation conditions to weak reducing in fluvio-delta to estuarine environments, in which land plants develop very abundantly. The 2D modeling results suggested that hydrocarbons discovered in the study area mainly derived from the local source rocks. The large quantity of hydrocarbons yields from source rocks in deeper part of southeastern kitchen migrated both vertically and laterally into the overlaying formations. Hydrocarbon strongly migrated lost through open fault. Prospects located near kitchen can trap hydrocarbons if they have a good seal. Block 10 and western block 11.1 face high risk of hydrocarbon charge due to the distance from the kitchen, weak top seal and fault seal. Of seal scenario, the composition of hydrocarbons accumulated in GC structure contains 87.5% volume of liquid and 12.5% volume of gas that derived from local Oligocene source rock. The composition of hydrocarbons in accumulation in CT (Ca Ty) structure of contains 99% volume of liquid and 92.5% volume of gas that derived from local Oligocene source rock.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126357206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. P. Nguyen, Khuong An Pham Nguyen, Huyen T T Luong, Minh Ha Tran
{"title":"ESP Application for Oil Production in Naturally Fractured Granitic Basement Reservoir","authors":"K. P. Nguyen, Khuong An Pham Nguyen, Huyen T T Luong, Minh Ha Tran","doi":"10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46326/jmes.2023.64(1).07","url":null,"abstract":"In fields with increasing water cut and depleting reservoir energy, Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) installation is a sustainable production option. It helps to extend life of the wells by lower abandonment pressure and therefore increases the recovery factor. In addition, the gas lift saving from ESP conversion wells could be utilized to optimize others wells’ productivity thus boosting the total field production. Over the last 9 years, Cuu Long JOC has been conducted 5 ESP campaigns in fractured granitic basement reservoirs which bringing full of surprises. The selected field for ESP pilot was brought on production initially in 2008 with over 75,000 bopd. However, water breakthrough occurred after 8 months quickly reduced the total field production to 5,000 bopd in 2013. At the time of ESP conversion, gas lift have already optimized and it is not sufficient to maintain the rate as most of wells flowed with 95% water cut. With ESP application, the wells were able to reach 12,000 blpd and reduce the water cut not only for itself but also for adjacent wells. Despite the pump average run life is not meet the expectation, ESP application shows better efficiency in term of oil production compared to gas lift under the same reservoir conditions. This paper summarizes a process of ESP application in high temperature environment including candidate selection, ESP design and actual production performance. The learning and experience developed from 11 ESPs installation provide an insight about the potential of ESP use for oil production in fractured basement reservoir.","PeriodicalId":170167,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences","volume":"54 19","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113957362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}