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I PROBLI],I 2. 1

Pore volume a¡d average porosity calculati-ons

,s t-y'
Po-r9lity is the fraction of the bulk volume which is not
In hydroca¡bon reservoirs poro.siiy-;;p;;";;;u
the fracti-on of the total reservoirthe
?gIi{.
voiume rvhich is ávrfl-
able for occupancy by either liquios or-!áses. There are
several nethoás rór áeaiurins p?.ro!jty iñ tirá-r"táráio{,.
The- accuracy of any of these-méttroai áepánd.s upon the
and, quantitv of the data avail"i,i;;-uná-lrre"uni-
?lrLli{
rorm'rty or the reservoir. volume of tñe total porosity
in a reservoir is knor'¡r as The
the pore uoiu*u.
'1. Deten¡inu pore volume of an oil reservoir fro¡r the
follor¡ing lhg
data:
An isopachous trap has been planimetered
and porosity data has been óUtainea frora
]ogu and cores. These data has been tabu_
lated and follorvs:
Area Thlchness Average porosity productive
/i(
_
acres\ h ( f eet) -aGi- - -- -" Á;;;-i,ü;ü;.
) 720 20 11oó 1
6ro 20 c). ) 2.
405 20 IB.g
202 20 20.2 4

Pore Volune = 3x h x fr acre feet

-{ = ,1¡Ca in aCfeS (average area)
h = Thickness j.n feet
g = Poro si-ty
-'1I .!,. A^
T)t
(#¡ h.txfrt = (?2o ! 6tol x 20 x .zz}
= 3A32.1ñ acre feet

PV, =
(6lo + I¿oq') x20 ¡ .233
¿
= 2364.95 acre feet
plr (405 + 202) x 20 x .189
2
= 1147.23 acre feet