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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Songhua Chen, Katy, TX (US);
W. Allen Gilchrist, Jr., Fort Davis, TX (US);
Inventors:
Songhua Chen, Katy, TX (US);
W. Allen Gilchrist, Jr., Fort Davis, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/32 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); G01N 24/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/32 (2013.01); E21B 49/08 (2013.01); G01N 24/081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of calculating a porosity of a geological formation includes determining a bulk pore volume and a movable fluid pore volume in the geological formation in which drilling mud including a mud filtrate is introduced, calculating a porosity of the formation based on a bulk pore volume, and correcting the porosity based on the movable fluid volume in the geological formation.