Interpretation of nuclear logs in formate-based drilling fluids in a North sea well

SPWLA 43rd Annual Logging Symposium 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Guo, Pingjun ^a   Gilchrist, W A ^a   Page, Geoff ^a   Wills, Philip ^a   Brown, Alastair M ^b   Kay, Simon ^b  

^a BAKER ATLAS   (United States)

^b BP ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; INFILL DRILLING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIBRARIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; CORROSION FREE; DRILLING PERFORMANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; NUCLEAR DATA LIBRARY; PLANNING PHASE; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 84856950378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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