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- Title
Permeability Estimation Directly From Logging-While-Drilling Induced Polarization Data.
- Authors
Fiandaca, G.; Maurya, P. K.; Balbarini, N.; Hördt, A.; Christiansen, A. V.; Foged, N.; Bjerg, P. L.; Auken, E.
- Abstract
In this study, we present the prediction of permeability from time domain spectral induced polarization (IP) data, measured in boreholes on undisturbed formations using the El-log logging-while-drilling technique. We collected El-log data and hydraulic properties on unconsolidated Quaternary and Miocene deposits in boreholes at three locations at a field site in Denmark, characterized by different electrical water conductivity and chemistry. The high vertical resolution of the El-log technique matches the lithological variability at the site, minimizing ambiguity in the interpretation originating from resolution issues. The permeability values were computed from IP data using a laboratory-derived empirical relationship presented in a recent study for saturated unconsolidated sediments, without any further calibration. A very good correlation, within 1 order of magnitude, was found between the IP-derived permeability estimates and those derived using grain size analyses and slug tests, with similar depth trends and permeability contrasts. Furthermore, the effect of water conductivity on the IP-derived permeability estimations was found negligible in comparison to the permeability uncertainties estimated from the inversion and the laboratoryderived empirical relationship.
- Subjects
INDUCED polarization method; BOREHOLE logging; ELECTRIC conductivity; PERMEABILITY; ELECTRIC methods in water prospecting
- Publication
Water Resources Research, 2018, Vol 54, Issue 4, p2851
- ISSN
0043-1397
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/2017WR022411