One of the SHF models:

s_{wi}(h) = 1 - a \exp \left( -\left(\frac{b}{h-h_{FWL}+d}\right)^c \right)

where model parameters   are calibrated on water saturation from OH logs for each lithofacies or petrotype individually.

The coefficient  is related to FWL correction but usually set the same for all lithofacies / petrotypes of a given reservoir unit.


If core data is abundant then one can build a reasonable correlation of model parameters on porosity  and/or permeability :

a = a(\phi, k_a), \; b = b(\phi, k_a), \; c = c(\phi, k_a)


See also


Physics /  Fluid Dynamics / Percolation

Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Field Study & Modelling / Petrophysics / Saturation Height Function (SHF) / SHF mathematical models

Basic reservoir properties ]

References


Harrison, B., and X.D. Jing. "Saturation Height Methods and Their Impact on Volumetric Hydrocarbon in Place Estimates." Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2001. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/71326-MS