Effect of eccentricity on electromagnetic logging signals with LWD and VEMKZ instruments (numerical simulation results from some publications)
https://doi.org/10.18303/2619-1563-2023-3-17
Abstract
During drilling, formation fluids are pushed aside by mud filtrate. As a result, the electrophysical properties of rocks near the borehole wall change. Sounding methods are used to determine the resistivity of the part of the reservoir that is remote from the well and unchanged during drilling. Among these methods, electromagnetic logging has the best spatial resolution. However, when analyzing the practical data of electromagnetic sounding, "wrong" ratios of signals from probes of different lengths are often observed, including those showing penetration in impermeable rocks. One of the reasons may be the influence of the shift of the device from the axis of symmetry of the medium. The paper considers the results of numerical simulation of signals from decentralized probes of LWD and VEMKZ instruments in some models.
About the Author
K. V. Sukhorukova
http://www.ipgg.sbras.ru/ru/institute/staff/suhorukovakv
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS
Koptyug Ave., 3, Novosibirsk, 630090
Russian Federation
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS
Koptyug Ave., 3, Novosibirsk, 630090
Russian Federation
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Sukhorukova K.V. Effect of eccentricity on electromagnetic logging signals with LWD and VEMKZ instruments (numerical simulation results from some publications). Russian Journal of Geophysical Technologies. 2023;(3):17-35. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18303/2619-1563-2023-3-17
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