Question: Is there any correlation between porosity and permeability as a whole and as an individual field? Explain what the plot shows. TABLE 4.1 Porosity and

TABLE 4.1 Porosity and Permeability Data of Some Sandstone and Carbonate Formations in the World Field/Formation Type of Rock Porosity (%) Permeability (mD) Prudhoe Bay, United States Sandstone 22 265 Ghawar (Ain Dar), Saudi Arabia Carbonate 19 617 Bombay High, India Carbonate 15-20 100-250 Ford Geraldine Unit, United States Sandstone 23 64 Elk Hills, United States Sandstone 27-35 100-2000 Pullai Field, Malaysia Sandstone 18-31 300-3000 Chicontepec, Mexico Sandstone 5-25 0.1-900 Ekotisk, Norway Carbonate 30 48 0.25 Upper and Lower Cretaceous, Denmark Carbonate 15-45 0.01-10 Daqing (Lamadian), China Sandstone 24.6-26.4 200-1300 Hassi Messaoud, Algeria Sandstone 7.4 2.5 Ratio of vertical to horizontal permeability (k/k.). POROSITY VS. PERMEABILITY permeability porosity 700 GOD 500 400 300 200 100 0 1 4 5 7 9 6 FIELDS 10 11
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