Fluid density and viscosity effects on borehole resistivity measurements acquired in the presence of oil-based mud and emulsified surfactants

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1528-1543

  Salazar, Jesús M ^a   Malik, Mayank ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^a   Wang, Gong Li ^a   Duan, Hongyan ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; FLUID DENSITY; FLUID PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 40349087443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/109946-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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