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Porosity unit

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-002872

A measure of the pore volume within a rock, expressed as a percentage or a fraction of the total rock volume. This unit quantifies the storage capacity of a reservoir rock for hydrocarbons and water. Porosity is commonly determined from well logs such as density, neutron, and sonic, or directly from core analysis.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-002872
FieldOil and gas
SubjectFormation Evaluation
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-002872",
  "term": "Porosity unit",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A measure of the pore volume within a rock, expressed as a percentage or a fraction of the total rock volume. This unit quantifies the storage capacity of a reservoir rock for hydrocarbons and water. Porosity is commonly determined from well logs such as density, neutron, and sonic, or directly from core analysis.",
  "subject": "Formation Evaluation",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/porosity-unit/"
}

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