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BASHUNDHARA OIL AND GAS

CoMPANY LlMlrED (BOGCL)

BRTC No.: 7707-55787/CE/2017-78; Doted: 05/03/2018)

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REPORT O}{ ELECTRICAL

RESISTIVITY OF SOIL AT TWO
LOCATIONS OF BOGCL
KERANIGANJ PLANT SITE

Bureau of Research, Testing& consultation (BRTC)

Bangladesh university of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

March 2018
INTRODUCTION

Lakshrran Kttna1 Dey, I-loD, Electrical of Bashundhara Oil and Gas Company Lirnited
(BOGCL) approachecl the Dilector, BRTC, Bangladesh University of Engineering &
Technology (BUET), Dhaka for technical assistance and advice of Bttt'eau of Research,
Testing and Consultation (BRTC), BUET fol conducting two Earlh Resistivity Test
(ER) at
their I(eraniganj Plant site (see Appendix-A).

This report presents the finclings oIthe Earth Resistivity test conducted at two locations
(see

,tppeniix-B). FigLrres I ancl 2 show the locations of the surveyed area rvith electlode
locations.

Figure 1 ER test at Location l

2 ER test atLocation2
ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY SURVEY

The electrical properties of the subsul'face vary rvith the gt'ound material,
the presence and
saturatior.r level of {'luicls, and the presence of buried objects. Electrical
techniques seelt
to describe the distribLrtion of tlrese properties as a function of depth and horizontal
Resistivity lmaging
distance. The most corrrnonly used electrical technique is Electrical
(or Electrical Resistivity Tornography, ERT). Measurements of grourrd resistance are made
by introdr.rcing an electric cuLrent into the subsurface via two metal stakes (current
ground sets up a
electrocles) planted into the grouncl. The current passing through the
distribution of electrical potential in the subsurface. The difference in electrical potential
as a voltage' Using
between two additional electrodes (potential electrodes) is measured
the ground between the
Ohrn's law, this voltage can be cotrvertecl into a resistance reading fol
two potential electlocles. Mairr types of procedut'e related to the resistivity survey
al'e:
2D resistivity
Vertical electrical sounding (VES), Constant separatiotr tt'aversing (CST), and
inraging.

2D RDSISTIVITY IMAGING

To bLrilcl a cross-sectional image of ground resistance, a string of connected electrocles

are

deployecl along a straight line with an inter-electlocle spacing of a' Once

a tneasut'etnent of
glound resistance has been determined for one set of four electt'odes, the next
set of
lour electrodes is autornatically selected and a second measLll'ement of resistance
is

made. This process is repeated until the end of the line is reached. The
line is then re-
srrrveyed with an iuter-electrocle spacing of 2a,3a, 4a, etc. Each increase
in inter-electrode
spacing increases the eifective clepth of the sul'vey. The lneasured resistance values are
catr thetr be a used to
convertecl to value of appalent resistivity, r (in ohnt-nleters) which
rnodel tlre true sttbsurface resistivity distribr-rtion.

Electrical resistivity imaging can be used fot' Mapping buried dykes and other
ore bodies,
mapping'
Locating fissures, faults ancl mineshafts, Landslide assessments, Buried founclation
'l'irne-lapse infiltration studies, Cross-boreltole tomography, Assesstnent of aquifer
and rnonitoling
heterogeneity, Soil corrosivity assessment, Lanclfill Investigation, Mapping
leachate plLttnes, Mapping anrj lnonitoring of groltndwater pollLrtion,
Determination of depth
to beclroch, Locating sinkholes I cave systems, StLatigraphic mapping, Locating br"rried
channels, etc.
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penetration and resolution ofthe data.
2D RESISTIVITY IMAGING RIiSULTS

LOCATION I (ERTI)

The ER profile is looated close to boreholes BFI l4'and 17 of the

irrvestigated area
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(Appentlirr-B). T'he lenglh of the profile is 32n anc the selected electrode
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sand' At the
rnaximuu] resistivitl, rallges at'ouncl 5OOm. Top soit is composed of loose fine
to tnore than l00Om'
lower part of the sectioti (l'rotn 2.5rn to 5.7nr depth) resistivity increases
varies betrveen 0.6rn attd 4tn
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LOCATIQN 2 (ERT2)

(Appendix-B)' The
The ER profile is locateci southeast of the ERT1 and across the lake
1rn' The dilection of the
Iength olthe profile is 32m and the selected electrocle spacing is
prepared based on the
profile is as shown in Figure 2. 2D resistivity psetrclo sectiot.t (Fig. 6)
profiling data shows that for the surface layer (top soil up to a depth of 2m),
uraxiluum
'rop soil (composecl of loose fine sand) and the deptlr of
resistivity ranges around 60flm.
tlre section (frorn 2m to -5'7m
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