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

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

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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