Quantitative Discrimination of Effective Porosity Using Digital Image Analysis - Implications for Porosity-Permeability Transforms

E005 QUANTITATIVE DISCRIMINATION OF EFFECTIVE POROSITY USING DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS - IMPLICATIONS FOR POROSITY- PERMEABILITY TRANSFORMS Key Findings GREGOR P. EBERLI 1 GREGOR T. BAECHLE 1 RALF WEGER 1 AND JOSE-LUIS. MASSAFERRO 2 1 Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy Miami FL 33149 2 Shell International E&P Carbonate Development Team Volmerlaan 8 2280 AB Rijswijk The Netherlands � Five relevant digital image analysis parameters for fluid flow are obtained from 2-D image analysis of carbonate rocks: 2-D image porosity amount of pores pore shape total perimeter per area and dominant pore size range. � Micro-porosity leads to