The porosity of a rock is one of the most important reservoir properties. It controls the reservoir storage capacity. In other words, porosity quantifies the amount of fluids that the rock can store. Most of the world...The porosity of a rock is one of the most important reservoir properties. It controls the reservoir storage capacity. In other words, porosity quantifies the amount of fluids that the rock can store. Most of the world＇s giant fields produce hydrocarbons from carbonate reservoirs. Carbonate rocks contain more than 50% of the world＇s hydrocarbon reserves. Porosity and compressional wave velocity of 41 carbonate samples were determined under ambient conditions in laboratory. The samples were collected from seven shallow wells in west Tushka area, south Western Desert, Egypt. This paper evaluates the well known Wyllie and Raymer equations, an empirical linear equation, and a generalized model for porosity estimation from compressional wave velocity of saturated carbonate samples. Based on the comparison of the predicting identified to provide the most reliable porosity estimation. qualities, the Raymer equation and the empirical linear equation were展开更多
文摘The porosity of a rock is one of the most important reservoir properties. It controls the reservoir storage capacity. In other words, porosity quantifies the amount of fluids that the rock can store. Most of the world＇s giant fields produce hydrocarbons from carbonate reservoirs. Carbonate rocks contain more than 50% of the world＇s hydrocarbon reserves. Porosity and compressional wave velocity of 41 carbonate samples were determined under ambient conditions in laboratory. The samples were collected from seven shallow wells in west Tushka area, south Western Desert, Egypt. This paper evaluates the well known Wyllie and Raymer equations, an empirical linear equation, and a generalized model for porosity estimation from compressional wave velocity of saturated carbonate samples. Based on the comparison of the predicting identified to provide the most reliable porosity estimation. qualities, the Raymer equation and the empirical linear equation were
