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Learning Outcomes
To introduce the concept of mud-filtrate invasion in overbalanced boreholes. To introduce basic terminology, symbols and definitions associated with the borehole environment. To describe the physical principles necessary for understanding the impact of mud-filtrate invasion on well logs.
Recommended Readings
Chapter 1, Fundamentals of Petroleum Reservoirs, pp. 3-41 Introduction to Wireline Log Analysis, Baker Hughes Inc. (2002). Chapter 4, Measurement Environment pp 60 91in Theory, Measurement, and Interpretation of Well Logs by Zaki Bassiouni, SPE Textbook Series Vol. 4 (1994).
Work Rules
Rule 1 The Boss is always right. Rule 2 If the Boss is wrong, see Rule 1.
Review Questions
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Why is mud used in drilling operations? What type of muds are commonly used in drilling operations? What is mud-filtrate? Explain how mud cake forms on the borehole wall? Why does the process of mud-filtrate invasion eventually come to a halt? Is the process of mud cake buildup independent of the petrophysical properties of the invaded rock formation? What formation and fluid properties are responsible for the length and shape of the radial profiles of water saturation and salt concentration due to invasion?
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Acknowledgements:
Dr. Carlos Torres-Verdin, UT at Austin Schlumberger Baker Atlas