Real-time mud gas logging and sampling during drilling

Geofluids

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-233

  Erzinger, Jörg ^a   Wiersberg, T ^a   Zimmer, M ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep fluid; Drilling; Gases; Helium; Logging; Methane; Monitoring; Mud gas; Radon

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; DRILLING; HELIUM; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; MONITORING; RADON; RESERVOIR ROCK; SAMPLING;

EID: 33746311346     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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