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DeploymentBorehole
Log NameGR
Measured Property

Intensity of natural gamma ray emission

from subsurface rocks

Sensor TypeScintillation counter
Units
SIR/s 
Oil MetricμR/hr  = 2.8 ·10-10 R/s 
Oil Field

* 

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GAPI
GAPI
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 * – for scintillation detectors


Applications



  • Depth Matching between cased-hole and open-hole logs

  • Pick up radioactive anomalies caused by saline water invasion 

  • Pick up radioactive anomalies caused by water invasion or radioactive tracers 


Sample Logs




Tool Schematic




Mathematical Model




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GR = (1-\phi_e) \cdot GR_{m}  + \phi_e \cdot (s_w \cdot GR_w + s_o \cdot GR_o)


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GR_m = \sum_i GR_{mi} \cdot V_{mi}/V

where

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effective porosity

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bodyGR_w

natural gamma radioactivity of formation water

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bodyGR_o

natural gamma radioactivity of formation oil

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bodyGR_m

natural gamma radioactivity of rocks

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bodyGR_{mi}

natural gamma radioactivity of i-th mineral

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bodyV_{mi}/V

volume share occupied by i-th mineral

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bodys_w

water saturation

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bodys_o

oil saturation



Typical values



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Gamma Ray Emission (GR)
Gamma Ray Emission (GR)
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See also


Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Petrophysics / Reservoir Data Logs (RDL) @model / Lithology Log Interpretation @model