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                                 1000
                               ?
                               .- i5


                               n
                               1 loo
                                   10


                                    1



                        Figure 3.12. Influence  of  grain size on the relationship between permeability  and
                        porosity.




                                  1000  L















                                    14             1      I      I
                                      0     5      10    15     20     25    30     35
                                                         Porosity, %
                        Figure  3.13. Typical permeability-porosity  relationship for  various  rock  types
                        (courtesy of  Core Laboratories).




                        Darcy’s law as can also approximate the flow of  fluids through these n
                        capillaries:



                        q=(?)       P                                                 (3.11)
                                     L


                        where & is the total cross-sectional area, including cemented zones, of
                        this bundle of capillary tubes.
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