Crossplots for Porosity, Lithology and Saturation

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Matrix Identification (MID) Plot

CP-15
(English)

maa versus

t maa

2.0
Salt
CNL*
Salt
SNP

2.1

2.2

2.3

CP
2.4

n
tio
ec
r
i
sd
Ga

maa (g/cm 3)

2.5

2.6
Quartz
2.7

Calcite

2.8
Dolomite
2.9
Anhydrite

3.0

3.1
30

40

50

60

70

t maa (sec/ft)
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Examples:

Level 1
t = 67 sec/ft
b = 2.04 g/cm3
CNL = 3
f = 1.0 g/cm3

Level 2
t = 63 sec/ft
b = 2.46 g/cm3
CNL = 24 p.u.

giving

aND = 1
aNS = 1

aND = 21
aNS = 21

and

t maa = 66 sec/ft

t maa = 43.5 sec/ft

maa = 2.03 g/cm3

maa = 2.85 g/cm3

From the MID plot, Level 1 is identified as salt and Level 2

as dolomite.
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Lithology Identification Plot

CP-21

maa versus Umaa

2.2

2.3
Salt

tion
Gas direc

2.5

CP

K-Feldspar

2.6

2.7

% Calcit
e

20

Quartz

40

60

80

80

Calcite
60

2.8

rtz
ua
Q

maa, apparent matrix grain density (g/cm3)

2.4

20
40

40
60

20

80

Dolomite

2.9

Barite

ite
lom
o
D

Heavy minerals

Anhydrite

3.0
Kaolinite
Illite
3.1
2

10

12

14

16

Umaa, apparent matrix volumetric photoelectric factor

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M-N Plot for Mineral Identification

CP-8

For CNL* curves that have been environmentally corrected

1.1

Gypsum
1.0
s
Ga or
lt
sa

Secondary
porosity
0.9

CP

vma = 5943 m/sec

= 19,500 ft/sec

Quartz sandstone

Calcite (limestone)
0.8

1 2 34

vma = 5486 m/sec

= 18,000 ft/sec

Dolomite
M

324

Anhydrite

0.7

Sulfur
Approximate
shale
region

0.6

Fresh mud
f = 1.0 Mg/m3, f = 620 sec/m
f = 1.0 g/cm3, f = 189 sec/ft

t
t

Salt mud
f = 1.1 Mg/m3, f = 607 sec/m
f = 1.1 g/cm3, f = 185 sec/ft

0.5

0.3

t
t

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.8

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This crossplot may be used to help identify mineral mixtures

from sonic, density and neutron logs. (The CNL neutron log
is used in the above chart; the time average sonic response is
assumed.) Except in gas-bearing formations, M and N are
practically independent of porosity. They are defined as:
M=

M=
4-20

0.5

tf t

b f

0.01 (English)

t f t 0.003 (metric)
b f

N=

( N ) f N
( English or metric)
b f

Points for binary mixtures plot along a line connecting the

two mineral points. Ternary mixtures plot within the triangle
defined by the three constituent minerals. The effect of gas,
shaliness, secondary porosity, etc., is to shift data points in the
directions shown by the arrows.
The dolomite and sandstone lines on Chart CP-8 are divided
by porosity range as follows: 1) = 0 (tight formation);
2) = 0 to 12 p.u.; 3) = 12 to 27 p.u.; and 4) = 27 to 40 p.u.

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Mineral Identification from Litho-Density* Log

and NGS* Natural Gamma Ray Spectrometry Log

CP-18

10

Pe, photoelectric factor

Glauconite
Chlorite

Biotite

CP
4

Illite
Muscovite

Montmorillonite
2
Kaolinite

0
2

10

K, potassium concentration (%)

10

Pe, photoelectric factor

Glauconite
Biotite

Chlorite

Mixed layer

Illite
Muscovite

2
Montmorillonite

0
0.1
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0.2

0.3

0.6

Kaolinite

10

20

30

60

100

Th/K, thorium/potassium ratio

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