Resistivity correction for drilling fluid invasion using LWD and wire-line logging data: A case from high-porosity and low-permeability carbonate reservoirs, DLL Oilfield, Oman

Abstract The effect of drilling fluid invasion on the resistivity of oil-bearing zones during the period from penetrating the zone to completion well logging was studied using intergraded logging while drilling (LWD) and wire-line log data. The results indicate that resistivity change during invasion responds to some important factors such as porosity, oil saturation, pressure differential between drilling mud column and formation, mud filtrate salinity and invasion time. It increases as an exponential function of porosity, a logarithmic function of pressure differential, and a power function of invasion time and oil saturation. Based on the LWD and MDT data, the corrected resistivity equation subject to the drilling fluid invasion was acquired. With the equation, the oil saturation ( S o ) increases by 6.3%–20.0%, averaging at 10.2%.