MRIL-Prime Magnetic Resonance Image Logging Tool

Overview

NMR challange in the Oilfield

From inside the tool, looking outside (opposite to the medical application) Limited tool diameter.

Medicine: Outside > In

Oilfield: Inside >Out

MRI Instrument
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NMR Tool

HISTORY OF NMR IN LOGGING

Started in Medical Industry 1958 Byron Jackson (BJ) researches nuclear magnetism in an effort to measure permeability; this is the precursor of modern NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) efforts. Byron Jackson (BJ) field tests nuclear magnetism log (NML) Byron Jackson (BJ) files patent for pulse-echo NMR tool. Schlumberger markets first commercial NMR tool (NML) utilizing Earth's magnetic field

1959 1978

1987
1990 1991

NUMAR runs MRIL-A prototype in well in West Virginia

NUMAR offers MRIL as a commercial service NUMAR releases the MRIL-B, starting the modern NMR application in oil industry by using a permanent magnet and radio frequency. Numar is acquired by Halliburton in a 500 Millon Dollar deal.

1997

HISTORY OF MRIL
MRIL-A (1996) MRIL-B (1991) SINGLE FREQUENCY TOOL MRIL-C (1996) MULTI FREQUENCY (DUAL FREQUENCY) TOTAL POROSITY TOOL MRIL-D (PRIME) 1998 9 FREQUENCY MRIL-XL (2007) ECCENTERED TOOL
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MRIL-Prime Magnetic Resonance Image Logging Tool Features

Open hole tool. Available in two sizes: slim sonde= 4.875-in. OD standard sonde= 6-in. OD 9 frequencies for faster logging speed

Based on the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) principles.

Measures porosity and properties of the fluids in the rock The porosity measurement is based on hydrogen atoms.
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MRIL-Prime Magnetic Resonance Image Logging Tool Service

MRIL tools can provide:
Quantities of fluids in the rock Total porosity (TPHI) Effective Porosity= Non Clay Porosity (MPHI) Capillary bound water (MBVI) Free Fluid (MFFI) Pore size distribution Permeability

Properties of the fluids

Link to Fluid Characterization Link to viscosity

MRIL-Prime Magnetic Resonance Image Logging Tool Applications

Porosity independent of lithology

Permeability profile along the well.

Identify low-resistivity and/or lowcontrast pay zones Help to identifies pay zones in laminated, fine-grained sand, and shale formations