METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A FLUID PROPERTY LOG DERIVED FROM DRILLING FLUID GAS DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20180088096A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-29

    申请号:US15277547

    申请日:2016-09-27

    IPC分类号: G01N33/00 E21B49/08 E21B10/00

    摘要: A method for generating a log of a value of a property of a fluid in an earth formation versus depth includes: obtaining a plurality of samples of drilling fluid that are entrained with a formation gas and correlating each sample to a depth in a borehole from which the formation gas was entrained in the drilling fluid; extracting the formation gas from each sample to provide a plurality of gas samples; analyzing each formation gas sample to provide a chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples; and determining a property value of the fluid in the earth formation versus depth using the chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples to provide the log.

    Method for constructing a continuous PVT phase envelope log

    公开(公告)号:US10598010B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US15238424

    申请日:2016-08-16

    IPC分类号: E21B49/00 E21B49/08

    摘要: A method for generating a phase envelope log to characterize a subsurface formation includes drilling the borehole with a drill string, circulating a drilling fluid in the borehole, drawing a fluid sample representing a fluid contained in the subsurface formation, estimating a PVT parameter indicative of an in-situ condition of the subsurface formation from the drawn fluid sample, determining at least two phase envelopes at different depths using the estimated PVT parameter, and creating a phase envelope log formed of a continuous series of phase envelopes using the phase envelopes. A related system includes a drill string, a fluid sampling system, and a processor that estimates a PVT parameter indicative of an in-situ condition of the subsurface formation, determines at least two phase envelopes at different depths using the PVT parameter, and creates the phase envelope log.