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Application of mud gas analysis for reservoir evaluation

Application of mud gas analysis for reservoir evaluation

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Authors

Nancy Muriungi

Abstract

Mud gas, which is usually used for monitoring the safety of the wells while drilling, can also be used as a formation evaluation tool. This study aims to analyse mud gas ratios and compare them with the traditional formation evaluation tools, such as resistivity. The analysis of four wells, either exploration or development wells, located in differing geological settings, shows that qualitatively, mud gas can be robustly used as a formation tool to show the identity of fluids in the reservoir zones.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31223/X55F0F

Subjects

Earth Sciences, Geochemistry, Geology, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Keywords

mud gas, formation evaluation, reservoir evaluation, oil wells

Dates

Published: 2025-05-01 04:22

Last Updated: 2025-05-01 04:22

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CC BY Attribution 4.0 International

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