Archie's law – a reappraisal

Glover, Paul W. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1157-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1157-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1157-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 4

Research article

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29 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 29 Jul 2016

Archie's law – a reappraisal

Paul W. J. Glover

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RC1: 'Review of *Archie's Law - A Reappraisal*', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Authors response to Interactive comment RC1', Paul Glover, 30 May 2016
RC2: 'Review on paper manuscript se-2016-47, “Archie’s Law – A reappraisal” by P. W. J. Glover', Harald Milsch, 20 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Authors response to Interactive comment RC2', Paul Glover, 30 May 2016
AC3: 'Revised manuscript', Paul Glover, 30 May 2016

Short summary

In 1942 Archie discovered equations which have been used ever since to calculate reserves of oil and gas around the world. Two equations exist, one which is theoretically justified, and one which is not. Unfortunately it is the one which is not justified that often gives the best results. This research examines the extent to which the two approaches give differing results, concluding that the Winsauer et al. form of Archie's equations is better for use with data containing systematic errors.