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Part of the bulk rock volume
A pore volume
fraction of bulk rock volume containing the the hydrodynamically connected fluids (also called called free fluids) within each pore element with total volume : LaTeX Math Block |
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\phi_e = \frac{V_f\phi}{V_r} |
Although the fluid inside the pore is movable but some pores maybe isolated from each other and do not contribute to rock permeability.
This splits the effective pore volume into two components: open pore volume and closed pore volume:
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V_\phi = V_{\rm open} + V_{\rm closed} |
The log name is PHIE.
The reason to introduce this concept is that a part of the actual inter-grain void is filled with shale thus reducing the actual volume available for fluids.
It splits into two components:
subject to condition:
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\phi_e = \phi_{\rm opn} + \phi_{\rm cls} |
The log name is PHIE.
Effective porosity is a function of reservoir pressure at a given location
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\phi_e(\mathbf{r}, \ p) = \phi_0{ei}(\mathbf{r}) \exp \left[ - \int_{p_i}^p c_r\phi(p) \, dp \right] |
where
This leads to the effect of Porosity Shrinkage.
Since the pore compressibility is very low (~ cϕ = 0.5 ÷ 1.5 GPa-1) and has a weak dependence on reservoir pressure for subsurface rocks in petroleum reservoirs the LaTeX Math Block Reference |
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can be written as:
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\phi_e(\mathbf{r}, \ p) = \phi_{ei}(\mathbf{r}) \cdot \left[ 1 + c_\phi \, (p-p_i) + 0.5 \, c_\phi^2 \, (p-p_i)^2 \right] |
Most Subsurface E&P Disciplines (except Petrophysics) usually omit index "e" and denote Effective porosity as .
See also
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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Petrophysics (PP) / Volumetric Rock Model
[ Basic reservoir properties ] [ Pore volume ] [ Connected pore volume ] [ Closed pore volume ] [ Porosity ] [ Open porosity ] [ Closed porosity ][ Initial Porosity ϕi ]
[ Pore compressibility @model ]