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NMR Logging Principles and Applications
182 MRIL Job Planning Chapter 8
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Figure 8.15—The greenarea indicates the mini-mum tolerable mudresistivity in a givenborehole at which theMRIL-Prime sonde willoperate within specifica-tions. Data acquired in the“Limited Operations Zone”(yellow) may not be withinthe instrument’s calibrationrange; supplying adequatepower to the tool may alsobe problematic. Fitting the6-in. tool with a fluidexcluder expands the“Safe Operations Zone”significantly (top right).
Mud Type (Oil-Based, Water-Based)The quality of NMR data acquired in OBM wells is generally superior to WBM data. Theconductivity of oil-based mud is less, which reduces loading effects on the transmitter-receiver system. This reduced loading enables more echoes to be measured and reduces thenoise levels. When the water-based mud-system is too conductive (i.e., resistivity is too low),loading effects are serious and put restrictions on the operating modes of the tool. Value may even be reached at which the tool can not be operated, as seen in Fig. 8.15.Depending on hole size, a fluid excluder may be necessary to operate the tool in moreconductive environments.
NMR logging in OBM wells is not restricted by conductivity problems, but the OBM filtratein the pore space produces an additional hydrocarbon signal, which complicates interpreta-tion of the logs significantly. Careful pre-job planning is advised to reduce interference of theOBM-filtrate signal and the response from the native fluids. Most OBM base fluids haverelatively long T
1 relaxation times and their diffusivity compares to water, which makes it
difficult to separate them either through the shifted- or differential-spectrum approach.