Permeability of selected sediments in the vicinity of five salt domes in the Gulf Interior Region

The purpose of this investigation was to determine what relationships might exist between permeability and parameters available from geophysical logs of sediments within the Gulf Interior Region. The parameters that have received the most attention in the literature are formation resistivity factor and porosity. Empirical relationships between permeability and porosity, gamma-ray bulk density, the fraction of intergranular pore space occupied by clay or silt, and porosity differences were investigated. Porosity appears to be the log parameter that best correlates with permeability.