Cheung et al., 2001 - Google Patents

Field test results of a new oil-base mud formation imager tool

Cheung et al., 2001

Document ID
669763250038825737
Author
Cheung R
Pittman D
Hayman A
Laronga R
Vessereau R
Ounadjela A
Desport O
Hansen S
Lamb M
Borbas T
Wendt B
Publication year
Publication venue
SPWLA Annual Logging Symposium

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With the advent of oil-base and synthetic muds, drilling risks are substantially reduced and efficiency dramatically increased. However, the benefits of microresistivity bore-hole imagers are lost. The rapid expansion of deepwater activity in unexplored areas has made it even …
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