Effects of petrophysical properties on array-induction measurements acquired in the presence of oil-base mud-filtrate invasion

Petrophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-92

  Malik, Mayank ^a   Salazar, Jesús M ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^a   Wang, Gong Li ^a   Lee, Hee Jae ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Borehole resistivity measurements; Compositional flow; Induction; Invasion; Mud filtrate; Oil base mud

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; COMPOSITIONAL FLOW; MUD FILTRATE; OIL-BASE MUD;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; MUD LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WETTING;

PETROCHEMICALS;

EID: 39549117160     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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