The Republic Of Iraq ‫جمهورية العراق‬

Ministry Of Higher Education And Scientific ‫وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي‬
Research ‫كلية الهندسة‬
College Of Engineering-Petroleum Dep ‫قسم هندسة النفط‬

" Reservoir Laboratory"

Exp Name : Bulk volume measurement
Exp.No : 3rd Experiment
Group "A"
Student names:-
1-Akam Talaat Abbas
2-Muslim Hedayat Babakir
3-Harez Ahmdd Othman
4-Mahmood Yaljeen Abdulmalek
5-Shahd Ali Abd Al-salam
6-Zainab Sherzad Karim
7-Huda Salam Kaka Hama
8-Rwkhosh Namiq Shafiq
Date of Experiment:- 12/11/2018
Date of Delivery Report:- 19/11/2018
Supervisor Name :- Ali Yahya Jirjees
Theory:-
The bulk volume may be computed from measurement of the
dimension of a uniformly shaped sample. The usual procedure
utilizes the observation of the volume of fluid displace by the
sample .The fluid displaced by a sample can be observed either
volumetrically (measure volume) or gravimetrically (measure
mass) .In either procedure it is necessary to prevent the fluid into
the pore space of the rock. This can be accomplished

1-By coating the sample with paraffin or a similar

substance.
2-By saturating the core with the fluid into which it is to be
immersed
3-By using mercury

Objective:-

To estimate bulk volume of (Vb) uniform an non uniform

core samples.
Experiment apparatus:-

Electronic Balance Core Samples

Paraffin Wax

Volumetric Cylinder

Heater
Description of experiment method:-

1-we measure weight of dry core sample by electronic

balance
2-melting paraffin wax by using paraffin heater
3-coating sample with dissoluble paraffin wax
4-we measure weight of immersed core sample
5-we determine volume of water in Volumetric cylinder
6-we put coated sample to Volumetric cylinder and we see
displacement in volume (increase in volume)
7-the displaced water in Volumetric cylinder is equal to Bulk
Volume with abstract of paraffin volume
Sample calculation:-
Laboratory calculation

𝑤𝑑𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 34 𝑤𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒+𝑤𝑎𝑥 = 36.01

𝑤wax = w𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒+𝑤𝑎𝑥 − w𝑑𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒
𝑤wax = 36.01 − 34.48 = 1.53 gm
𝜌𝑤𝑎𝑥 = 0.9 𝑔𝑚/𝑐𝑐
𝑤wax
𝑣𝑤𝑎𝑥 =
𝜌𝑤𝑎𝑥
1.53
𝑣𝑤𝑎𝑥 = = 1.7 𝑐𝑐
0.9
𝑣water = 70 cc
𝑣𝑤+𝑠 = 86 𝑐𝑐
𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 = 𝑣𝑤+𝑠 − 𝑣𝑤

86 − 70 = 16 𝑐𝑐
𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑘 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 = 𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 − 𝑤𝑎𝑥 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒

𝑣bulk = 16 − 1.7 = 14.3

Direct calculation
𝐷 = 2.5 𝑐𝑚 𝐿 = 3 𝑐𝑚
𝜋 2
𝑣𝑏 = 𝐷 𝐿
4
𝜋
𝑣𝑏 = (2.5)2 3 = 14.71 𝑐𝑐
4