Mud logging principles and interpretation
This handbook on mud logging examines the physical and chemical processes affecting hydrocarbons before and during the drilling process and in transmission to the surface. Gas-show characteristics and behavior are correlated with other borehole evidence as a means of formation evaluation. Although mud logging technology has achieved significant recent advances, the basic principles underlying the logging and interpretation of a gas show remain the same. Mud logging techniques that are recognized throughout the industry are evaluated and standards for their use and interpretation are recommended. Contents include: 1. Introduction: background, mud loggings. 2. Origins of gas shows: introduction-definitions, ''gas shows'' and ''gas kicks,'' type of gas show-sources of gas in mud, sources of gas in place. 3. Factors affecting gas shows: downhole influences-formation interaction, circulating system; surface influences-surface mud system, analysis system. 4. Oil shows: reservoir description-cuttings evaluation, hydrocarbon evaluation, solid hydrocarbons. 5. Show evaluation: interpretation-methods, examples; conclusions. Index.
- OSTI ID:
- 5783045
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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