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Volume: 23 (1939)

Issue: 12. (December)

First Page: 1878

Last Page: 1878

Title: Interpretations of Core Analyses: ABSTRACT

Author(s): Frank Hornkol

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

Permeability is a measure of the fluid passing ability of a porous material. Porosity is a measure of the void space in the sand that can be occupied by a fluid. Water saturation of a sand is the total amount of water in per cent present in the void space in the porous material. This includes the connate water, drilling fluid, and actual water present. The larger the diameter of the core sample, the more accurate the determination. Oil saturation is only of comparative value, because in deep samples of light gravity oils, only the residual oil is present, the other lost because of temperature and pressure conditions present. Permeability and porosity determinations for the entire oil sand area plus bottom-hole pressure from which a specific productivity index can be deter ined make it possible to predict fairly accurately the gross barrels per day per foot of sand.

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