Abstract
Estimation of recovery factor of any newly discovered reservoir is an important piece of information needed to assess the economical viability of that reservoir. Therefore, it is essential to be able to predict as accurately as possible the reservoir reserves based on limited data available on hand for newly discovered reservoirs.
In this study, data collected from forty Libyan oil reservoirs were utilized to generate a correlation between reservoir future recovery factor and basic reservoir data of porosity, permeability, saturation, oil viscosity and net formation thickness. This correlation will provide a useful tool for any engineer dealing with carbonate oil reservoirs to predict with more confidence its recovery factor after drilling a wildcat well and collect limited data