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

 * – 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




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


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

where

effective porosity

natural gamma radioactivity of formation water

natural gamma radioactivity of formation oil

natural gamma radioactivity of rocks

natural gamma radioactivity of i-th mineral

volume share occupied by i-th mineral

water saturation

oil saturation