Novel applications of ground-penetrating radar in oil fields

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR), usually working in the frequency from tens of megahertz to several gigahertz, is widely applied in mapping near-surface applications. In recent decades, GPR is frequently utilized for fluid-related applications, such as groundwater assessment, contaminant monitoring, and water-filled fracture detection, based on...

Associating Borehole Radar Imaging with Petrophysical Properties for a Mud-Contaminated Reservoir

In the phase of oil drilling, mud filtrate penetrates into porous formations and alters the pore fluid properties. This complicates well logging exploration, and inevitably gives rise to shift in reservoir estimation. Logging engineers deem mud invasion a harm and attempt to eliminate its impact on logging data exploration. However, from our...