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What is total porosity?

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Question added by wael alouani , Geologist expert (Geoscientist ) , OMV (oil and Gas Company)
Date Posted: 2015/12/28
karima hammami
by karima hammami , Technicien en chef , ministère de la santé

The total porosity is the percentage volume occupied by the pore space, regardless of the type of fluids contained in the pore space.  It is obtained from core or log analysis.

Rizwan Minhas
by Rizwan Minhas , Production Engineer , Oil and Gas Development Company Limited Islamabad

Total Porosity is that where total pores of rocks are available, either they are being connected or not. 

Mustafa Sobhy
by Mustafa Sobhy , Customer Experience Manager , Glamera

The total pore volume per unit volume of rock.

 

A schematic illustration of an aquifer in which the total porosity in the saturated zone is%, half of which is tightly held in small pores or mineral associations, and half of which is in large pores that drain relatively easily. The latter fraction can be pumped out, and is the effective porosity or specific yield.

Total porosity accounts for all the pores in the rock (interconnected and isolated pores).

Mohammad Abdul  Hannan
by Mohammad Abdul Hannan , Petroleum Geologist(Data Engineer) , Weatherford Australia Pty Ltd

The total porosity is the total void space and as such includes isolated pores and the space occupied by clay-bound water. It is the porosity measured by core analysis techniques that involve disaggregating the sample.

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by Deleted user

The total porosity is the percentage volume occupied by the pore space, regardless pores are interconnected or not, and regardless of the type of fluids contained in the pore space.

Esar ul Hassan Shah
by Esar ul Hassan Shah , Field Geologist , China Communications Construction Company

total number pores in the rock regardless pores are interconnected or not.

muhammad yousaf
by muhammad yousaf , geologist , SICHUAN.SARWAR.SILIAN.C HONGQING LUYANG (JV)

Total porosity is defined as the ratio of the entire pore space in a rock to its bulk volume. Effectiveporosity is the total porosity less the fraction of the pore space occupied by shale or clay. In very clean sands, total porosity is equal to effectiveporosity.

Total Porosity is the ratio of the entire pore space in a rock to its bulk volume. 

Tarek Mohamed Hassan
by Tarek Mohamed Hassan , Medical Representative , Rameda Pharmaceuticals

Total porosity is all void space in a rock and matrix whether effective or noneffective.

Fady Hany Mouness
by Fady Hany Mouness , Drilling Fluids Engineer , EMEC

The ratio of the pore volume to the total volume of a representative sample of the medium

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