Gamma Ray and Spontaneous Potential

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Gamma Ray Corrections for Barite Mud in Small Boreholes

GR-2

1.2

GR 1.0
ed
ter
cen
l,
0.8 too
6-
in.
11 ⁄1
1

Bmud 0.6 ed
nter
l , ecce
. too
6-in
0.4 111 ⁄1
ered
o l , cent
in . to
33 ⁄8-
0.2 d
centere
tool, ec
33 ⁄8-in.

0.0
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Mud weight (lbm/gal)

1.2

1.0

0.8
l
too

Fbh 0.6
in.
⁄8-
33

l
oo
.t

0.4
-in
⁄16
1 11

0.2

0.0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
dh – dsonde (in.)
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These charts correct for the barite mud effect in hole sizes
smaller and larger than the 8-in. standard. In these cases, the
correction factor from Chart GR-1 is multiplied by the borehole
correction factor 1 + Bmud × Fbh.
Example: With the same conditions shown in the example on
Chart GR-1 except for a 6-in. hole, t = 4.8 g/cm2,
resulting in a correction factor of 0.95. Using Chart
GR-2, Bmud = 0.15 and Fbh = 0.81 for a borehole cor-
rection of 1.12 and a revised correction factor of 1.06.
The corrected GR = 38 API units.

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