Reservoir Rock Properties

PGE--361
PGE

Lecture 1

Eng. Abdulbari Arefi

 Course Contents
Rock types

Porosity
Rock compressibility
Fluid saturation
Permeability

Surface and Interfacial Tension

Capillary pressure
Wettability
Relative permeability
 Text Books
1. Ahmed, Tarek : Reservoir Engineering
H db k S
Handbook, Second
d Edition,
Editi Gulf
G lf Professional
P f i l
Publishing, 2001.

2. Amyx, James : Petroleum Reservoir

Engineering,
g g 1960.

3. Craft, B. and Hawkins, M.: Applied Petroleum

R
Reservoiri E
Engineering,
i i P
Prentice
ti H
Hass,
Inc., NY, 1959.
 Evaluation

10% for attendance and participation

40% for two monthly tests

50% for the final exam

 Office Hours

Saturday and Monday (09:00-10:00)am

Rock Types
Summary
y of the Three Different
Rock Types
Interlocking crystals Sandstone particles Interlocking grains in
Random arrangement
g Random arrangement
g parallel alignment
p g

Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic

Hydrocarbons
Next Class:
RESERVOIR POROSITY

Definition:
D fi iti P
Porosity
it iis th
the ffraction
ti off a rock
k
that is occupied by voids (pores).

Origins and descriptions

Factors that effect porosity

porosity
it classification
l ifi ti