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Porosity is the key rock property that represents the storage capacity of a reservoir. It can be classified as total, effective, or matrix porosity. Total porosity is the maximum value that can be measured, which is usually around 40-45% for clean sandstones. Core analysis methods like measuring the volume of a saturated core sample and its volume immersed in water are used to determine porosity. Porosity is essential for reservoir engineers to calculate hydrocarbon pore volume and initial oil in place.

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2 - Reservoir Rock Properties Tutorial - 2

Porosity is the key rock property that represents the storage capacity of a reservoir. It can be classified as total, effective, or matrix porosity. Total porosity is the maximum value that can be measured, which is usually around 40-45% for clean sandstones. Core analysis methods like measuring the volume of a saturated core sample and its volume immersed in water are used to determine porosity. Porosity is essential for reservoir engineers to calculate hydrocarbon pore volume and initial oil in place.

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1 RESERVOIR ROCK PROPERTIES TUTORIAL 2

Q1- Which rock property that represents the storage capacity


of the reservoir? Please explain in details.
Q2- How can porosity be classified? Which porosity is more
interested for reservoir engineers?

Q3- What is the maximum value of porosity can be? How can
you prove that?
Q4- Which method of core analysis is utilised for determining
the porosity?

Q5- A core sample coated with paraffin was immersed in a


Russell tube. The dry sample weight is 20.0 gm. The dry
sample coated with paraffin weight is 20.9 gm. The paraffin
coated sample displaced 10.9 cc of liquid. Assume the density
of solid paraffin is 0.9 gm/cc. What is the bulk volume of the
sample?

Q6- A core sample was crushed to grain size and immersed in


a container with a liquid. The volume of the liquid displaced
by the grain was 7.7 cm3. The bulk volume of the core is 9.9
cm3
1- Calculate the matrix volume
2- Calculate the porosity of the core
3- Is this effective or total porosity?

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Q7- A carbonate whole core (3 inches by 6 inches, 695 cc) is


placed in cell two of a Boyles Law device. Each of the cells has
a volume of 1,000 cc. Cell one is pressured to 50.0 psig. Cell
two is evacuated. The cells are connected and the resulting
pressure is 28.1 psig. Calculate the porosity of the core.

Q8- A core sample is 2 cm in radius and 4 cm long. When


subjected to a vacuum, 3.78 cm3 of air was removed from the
pore spaces.
a. What is the bulk volume of the core sample?
b. What is the pore volume of the core sample?
c. What is the porosity of the sample?
d. Is the determined porosity effective or total porosity?

Q9- The following information is available for a core sample:

Dry weight of sample = 427.3 gm


Weight of sample when saturated with water = 448.6 gm
Density of water = 1.0 gm/cm3
Weight of water saturated sample immersed in water = 269.6
gm
1- Calculate the porosity of the core sample?
2- What is the lithology of the sample?
3- Is the calculated effective or absolute porosity? Why?

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Q10- Calculate the volume of oil in a reservoir having the


following parameters:
Reservoir area = 40.0 acres
Average reservoir thickness = 25 feet
Average reservoir porosity = 22%
Average water saturation = 30%
Oil formation volume factor = 1.32 RB/STB

Q11- A core sample of 2 cm in radius, 4 cm long and 10 cm3


pore volume was taken from a reservoir. Assuming the
reservoir is homogenous, calculate the oil initially in place in
bbls in the reservoir. The following data of the reservoir are
available:
Reservoir area= 27788400 ft2
Average thickness= 10 ft
Average connate water saturation=0.25

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Q12- The following readings are taken from density log.


Calculate the porosity for each interval assuming the matrix
density=2.68 gm/cc and fluid density= 1 gm/cc

Interval, ft ρb gm/cc
4143-4157 2.375
4170-4178 2.35
4178-4185 2.43
4185-4190 2.4
4197-4205 2.68
4210-4217 2.45

Q13- Use the Sonic log and assume ∆𝑡𝑚𝑎 = 51.6 𝜇𝑠𝑒𝑐/𝑓𝑡
and fresh water in the flushed zone to calculate the porosity
for the following intervals.

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Q14- Calculate the arithmetic average and thickness-weighted


average from the following measurements

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