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rocks(reservoir)
Significance of rock properties
• The quantity of recoverable petroleum in a trap and
the rate at which it can be produced depend
primarily on the properties of the trap rock and the
fluids it contains.
• Some properties determine the total volume of
petroleum in the trap; others limit the fraction of this
volume that can be recovered.
• The rate of flow is dictated by other rock properties
and in
conjunction with some fluid properties. In this book,
basic rock properties that aid in determining the
reservoir quality of a trap will be presented.
• Moreover, fluid properties that control, alone or with
other rock properties, the rate of flow will be
presented as well.
Sources of rock samples