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Original Article | Open Access

Study on array laterolog response simulation and mud-filtrate invasion correction

Peiqiang Zhao1,2 ( ), Ruidong Qin3, Heping Pan1, Mehdi Ostadhassan2, Yuqi Wu4
Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 58201, ND, USA
Three Gorges Geotechnical Consultants Co., Ltd., Changjiang Institute of Survey, Planning, Design and Research, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071, WY, USA
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Abstract

It is a complicated task to evaluate the reservoirs influenced by mud-filtrate invasion. This study presents numerical simulation results of array laterolog response and the approach for mud-filtrate invasion correction. Considering differential equations and boundary conditions of the steady current field in the rock medium, finite element method is utilized to solve the Laplace equation. Then the potential value at each node is calculated along with the apparent resistivity of six measuring modes of array laterolog. Based on the numerical results, the array laterolog response is affected by various parameters including borehole radius, mud-filtrate resistivity, mud-filtrate invasion radius and invaded zone resistivity. Correction charts for borehole and mud-filtrate invasion are developed to accurately obtain the mud-filtrate invasion depth and the true resistivity of the uninvaded formation. The correction chart has been applied to the real array laterolog data of a sandstone reservoir, which the corrected resistivity is closer to the true formation resistivity.

Keywords

numerical simulationfinite element methodArray laterologmud-filtrate invasion

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Advances in Geo-Energy Research
Volume 3 Issue 2,
June 2019
Pages 175-186
DOI: 10.26804/ager.2019.02.07
Cite this article:
Zhao P, Qin R, Pan H, et al. Study on array laterolog response simulation and mud-filtrate invasion correction. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2019, 3(2): 175-186. https://doi.org/10.26804/ager.2019.02.07

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Received: 27 February 2019
Revised: 05 March 2019
Accepted: 06 March 2019
Published: 10 March 2019
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