Fluid saturation

The fraction of the pore volume that one fluid occupies.

Water, oil, and gas saturations in the same pore volume add to one. A saturation is not a volume of fluid until it is multiplied by porosity and by the bulk volume of rock.

Water saturation reported from a resistivity log includes water bound to the grains as well as water that is free to flow. A zone can show a high water saturation and still produce dry oil if that water is bound.

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