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Formation factor.
Formation factor for shaly sands.
Permeability and formation factor are physical properties of the rock.
According to comparison between the formation factor and porosity, it is concluded that the porosity increases with decreasing the formation factor.
Permeability is defined by Darcy's law and formation factor is defined by Archie's law.
Open image in new window Fig. 5 Formation factor versus porosity (conventional method).
Pore-Scale Modeling software was used to estimate porosity, absolute permeability to liquid and formation factor.
Figure 4a, b shows the agreement between estimated and measured porosity and formation factor.
Further, formation factor gives an indication of the availability of pathways for transport.
Chapellier (1992) reported that the increase in permeability also increases the formation factor.
The minimum and maximum values of the formation factor are 6 and 24, respectively.
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