Gamma Ray and Spontaneous Potential

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Gamma Ray Corrections for Hole Size and Mud Weight

GR-1
For 3 3⁄ 8-in. and 111⁄16-in. SGT wireline gamma ray tools

10.0

7.0 GR

5.0 red
cente
l,
too
-in.
33 ⁄8
3.0 ered
cent
Correction factor

ool,
-in. t
111 ⁄16
2.0
33⁄8-in. tool, eccentered

111⁄16-in. tool, eccentered

1.0

0.7

0.5

0.3
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
2)
t (g/cm
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Log interpretation Charts GR-1 and GR-2, replacing Chart Por-7, The correction for standoff is
are based on laboratory work and Monte Carlo calculations to 2
 S − Sm 
provide improved corrections for 3 3⁄8- and 111⁄16-in. SGT gamma CF ′ = CFm′ + (CFo − CFm′ )  .
ray tools. The corrections normalize the response of both tools to  Sm 
eccentered positions in an 8-in. borehole with 10-lbm mud. Chart CF m′ is the correction factor for centered tools, while CF′o is the
GR-2 provides a correction for barite mud in small boreholes. correction factor for eccentered tools. Both are corrected for
Although these charts are more difficult to use than the ones barite if it is present in the borehole. S is the actual standoff, and
they replaced, the results are more exact since they are normal- Sm is the standoff with the tool centered.
ized to current tools, no interpolation is required, and the ranges
are extended. Example: GR reads 36 API units, d h is 12 in., and mud weight
The input parameter, t, in g/cm2, is calculated as follows: is 12 lbm/gal. The tool is 3 3⁄8 in. and centered.
Therefore, t = 15.8 g/cm2, resulting in a correction factor of 1.6.
Wmud  2.54 (d hole ) 2.54 (d sonde )  The corrected GR = 58 API units.
t= − .
8.345  2 2 

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