RESERVOIR Flashcards
What is a porous and permeble rock unit capable of storing and containing hydrocarbons coming from the source rock?
Reservoir Rock
What rocks can act as reservoir?
Any rock as long as it is porous and permeable
What are the most abundant reservoir rocks?
Sandstones
Carbonates
Porosity of a reservoir rock?
20-50%
Permeability of a reservoir rock?
K=10mD to >1000mD
Most productive reservoir
Carbonates
Porosity of Sandstone
25-40%
Porosity of carbonate
10-50%
Pores that communicate with other by more than one throat passage
Caternary Pore
Pores that have only one throat passage
Cul de Sac Pore
Pore with no throat passage
Closed Pore
Primary vs Secondary Porosity
Primary refers to pores formed during rock formation during deposition and sedimentation
Secondary refers to pores formed after deposition
Porosity as a function of sorting
The more well sorted, the higher the porosity since there will be more grain contacts that grain filling
Refers to the SPACING or DENSITY PATTERNS of GRAINS in a sed rocks and is a function of GRAIN SIZE, GRAIN SHAPE and DEGREE OF COMPACTION
Grain Packing
Which grain arrangement will give the least porosity?
Rhombohedral