Inventors:
Alexander Zazovsky - Houston TX, US
Sammy S. Haddad - Mandeville LA, US
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation - Sugar Land TX
International Classification:
G01K001/16, G01K003/04, E21B047/00, G01V009/00
US Classification:
374134, 374 25, 374102, 7315201, 702 11, 324324, 324332
Abstract:
A method for determining virgin formation temperature of earth formations surrounding a borehole is provided. The time duration of drilling fluid circulation and the time after cessation of drilling fluid circulation at the borehole depth regions of interest are tracked. At a particular borehole depth region of interest, fluid flows from the formations into a device in the borehole, and the temperature of the fluid as a function of time with respect to initiation of fluid flow is measured. The thermal history of formations surrounding the particular borehole depth region is modeled for a cooling phase during drilling fluid circulation, a temperature build-up phase after cessation of drilling fluid circulation, and a formation fluid flow phase after initiation of fluid flow. The model and temperature measurements are used to determine a trend of temperature evolution and the virgin formation temperature by extrapolation from the trend.