• DocumentCode
    2479408
  • Title

    An innovative processing method for high resolution borehole density images

  • Author

    Li, Jing ; Kennedy, David ; Lee, Rick ; Boonen, Paul ; Dawber, Mike ; Hollmann, Joseph

  • Author_Institution
    PathFinder - A Schlumberger Co., Katy, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    13-16 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    1561
  • Lastpage
    1566
  • Abstract
    This technique has been successfully applied to wells drilled in the North Sea and North America. Figures 3 and 4 illustrate two examples processed using our technique. Images of selected energy windows, compensated bulk density, and PE are compared with conventional processing.
  • Keywords
    drilling (geotechnical); image resolution; sampling methods; North America; North Sea; compensated bulk density; energy window; high resolution borehole density image; innovative processing method; photoelectric effect; well drilling; Density measurement; Detectors; Energy resolution; Geologic measurements; Image resolution; Instruments; Noise measurement; Circumferential density images; bulk density; circumferential sectors; coal seams; cross-bedding; faults; fractures; geosteering; high resolution images; image processing; sampling density; thin beds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2012 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Graz
  • ISSN
    1091-5281
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1773-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229337
  • Filename
    6229337