1.

Calculate the bulk volume of a preserved (paraffin-coated) core sample immersed in

water, given the following data:
weight of dry sample in air: 20 g,
weight of dry sample coated with paraffin: 20.9 g (density of paraffin is : 0.9 g/cc),
weight of coated sample immersed in water: 10 g (density of water is: 1g/cc)
Determine the rocks porosity, assuming a sand-grain density of 2.67 g/cc.
2. Calculate the bulk volume of a dry core sample immersed in mercury pycnometer, given
the following data:
weight of dry sample in air: 20 g,
weight of mercury-filled pycnometer at 20 oC: 350 g,
weight of mercury-filled pycnometer with the sample at 20 oC; 235.9 g.
density of mercury: 13.546 g/cc.
3. Determine the sandstones grain density and porosity, given the following data:
weight of crushed dry sample in air: 16 g,
weight of crushed sample plus absorbed water: 16.1 g,
weight of water-filled pycnometer: 65 g,
weight of water-filled pycnometer with the sample: 75 g.
4. Determine the sandstones grain volume and porosity using Boyls law, given the following
data:
volume of chamber containing the core sample: 15 cc,
volume of chamber containing air: 7 cc,
bulk volume of core sample: 10 cc
5. Calculate the effective porosity of a sandstone sample using the following data:
weight of dry sample in air: 20 g,
weight of saturated sample in air: 22.5 g,
density of water is : 1.0 g/cc),
weight of saturated sample in water: 12.6 g.
6. A core sample is saturated with an oil (o = 35 o API), gas and water. The initial weight of
the sample is 224.14 g. After the gas is displaced by water (w = 1g/cm3), the weight is
increased to 225.90 g. The sample is the placed in aSoxhlet distillation apparatus, and 4.4
cm3 water is extracted. After drying the core sample, the weight is now 209.75 g. The
sample bulk volume, 95 cm3 is measured in a mercury pycnometer. Find the porosity,
water saturation, oil saturation, gas saturation and lithology of the core sample.
(Notice that the oil density is [g/cm3] = 141.4/(131.5+[ oAPI]), when the water
density at that particular temperature and pressure is 1g/cm3)
7. Another core sample is brought to the laboratory for compositional analysis, where 80 g of
the sample is placed in a mercury pycnometer and the volume of gas found is 0.53 cm3. A
piece of the same sample, weighing 120 g is placed in a retorte, where the ater and oil
volume is measured to 2.8 cm3 and 4.4 m3, respectively. A third piece of the sample,
weighing 90 g is placed in a pycnometer and the bulk volume is measured to be 37.4 cm3.
Assume oil and water densities as in the exercise above and find the same characteristic
parameters.
8. Calculate the porosity of the sample described below:
mass of dry sample: 104.2 g,
mass of water saturated sample: 120.2 g,
density of water 1.001 g/cm3,
mas of saturated sample immersed in water: 64.7 g.

Is this effective porosity or the total porosity of the sample? What is the most probable
lithology of the matrix material? Explain .
9. A core, 2.54 cm long and 2.54 cm in diameter has a porosity of 22%. It is saturated with oil
and water, where the oil content is 1.5cm3.
a) What is the pore volume of the core?
b) What are the oil and water saturations of the core?
10. If a formation is 2.5 m thick, what is the volume of oil-in-place (in m3 and in bbl) of a
40.47 hectare large area, if the core described in the excercise above is representative of
the reservoir?