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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael M Herron, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Christian Straley, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7315205 ;
Abstract
There is provided a method of accurately estimating the permeability of sedimentary rock formations from well logging data. The method involves a short relaxation time strategy with the identification of the key k-Lambda parameter S/V.sub.p, which is the surface-to-pore ratio. The inverse of T.sub.2 is related to this ratio by the surface relaxivity, .rho.2. The k-Lambda estimator is given by: ##EQU1## where: .DELTA.V.sub.1 represents the volume elements of the T.sub.2 distribution and the sum over i=1 to n represents some set of early to later volume elements; and V.sub.p is the total pore volume.