Fluid Typing: Efficient NMR Well-Logging with Interleaved CPMG Sequence at Different Frequencies

Abstract

Fluid typing in reservoirs is currently based on longitudinal relaxation and/or diffusion contrast method, the latter represented by the dual-TE method which uses two types of Carr–Purcell–Meiboom–Gill (CPMG) echo trains with short and long echo spacings. In this paper, we describe a scheme to enhance efficiency of dual-TE method by combining it with multi-frequency CPMG. We took advantage of the echo spacing in the long-TE pulse sequence and interleaved a second sequence for a different slice in the gaps to obtain information from both slices. Verification experiments were performed with a surface coil in a gradient magnetic field.