Porosity estimator for formate brine invaded hydrocarbon zone
US9285497B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/38
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method estimate a property of an earth formation comprising hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon components. The method includes conveying a carrier down a borehole penetrating the earth formation, and performing a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement on fluid in the earth formation with an NMR instrument disposed at the carrier to provide total NMR measurement data. The method also includes separating the total NMR measurement data into hydrocarbon-resultant NMR measurement data and non-hydrocarbon-resultant NMR measurement data, scaling a portion of the non-hydrocarbon-resultant NMR measurement data based on a correction factor to obtain scaled non-hydrocarbon-resultant NMR measurement data, and estimating the property based on the hydrocarbon-resultant NMR measurement data and the scaled non-hydrocarbon-resultant NMR measurement data.
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