US20150123665A1 - Method and system for direct slowness determination of dispersive waves in a wellbore environment - Google Patents

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US20150123665A1 US14/394,983 US201214394983A US2015123665A1 US 20150123665 A1 US20150123665 A1 US 20150123665A1 US 201214394983 A US201214394983 A US 201214394983A US 2015123665 A1 US2015123665 A1 US 2015123665A1
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  • Hydrocarbons such as oil and gas
  • subterranean operations are commonly obtained from subterranean formations.
  • the development of subterranean operations and the processes involved in removing hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation are complex.
  • subterranean operations involve a number of different steps such as, for example, drilling a wellbore at a desired well site, treating the wellbore to optimize production of hydrocarbons, and performing necessary steps to produce and process hydrocarbons from the subterranean formation.
  • Modern oil field operations demand a great quantity of information relating to the parameters and conditions encountered downhole. Such information may include characteristics of the earth formations traversed by the wellbore and data relating to the diameter and configuration of the wellbore itself.
  • the collection of information relating to conditions downhole which commonly is referred to as “logging,” can be performed by several methods, including wireline logging, measurement-while-drilling (MWD), logging-while-drilling (LWD), drillpipe conveyed logging, and coil tubing conveyed logging.
  • MWD measurement-while-drilling
  • LWD logging-while-drilling
  • drillpipe conveyed logging
  • coil tubing conveyed logging.
  • a variety of logging tools are available for use with each of these methods. These logging tools may be used to perform wellbore imaging.
  • Wellbore imaging is an important aspect of drilling and geosteering when performing subterranean operations.
  • An acoustic logging tool may include an acoustic source (transmitter) and one or more receivers that may be spaced several inches or feet away from each other.
  • An acoustic signal is transmitted by the acoustic source and received at the receivers of the acoustic tool which are spaced apart from the acoustic source. Measurements are repeated every few inches as the tool is drawn up (or down) the wellbore.
  • the acoustic signal from the source travels through the formation adjacent the wellbore to the receiver array, and the arrival times and perhaps other characteristics of the receiver responses are recorded.
  • compressional wave P-wave
  • shear wave S-wave
  • Stoneley wave arrivals and waveforms are detected by the receivers and are processed.
  • the processing of the data received is often accomplished uphole or may be handled in real-time in the tool itself.
  • the information that is recorded is typically used to determine formation characteristics such as formation slowness (the inverse of acoustic speed), from which pore pressure, porosity, and other formation property determinations can be made.
  • the acoustic signals may even be used to image the formation.
  • STC Slowness-Time Coherence
  • the measured signal is time window “filtered” and stacked, and a semblance function is computed.
  • the semblance function relates the presence or absence of an arrival with a particular assumed slowness and particular assumed arrival time. If the assumed slowness and arrival time do not coincide with that of the measured arrival time, the semblance takes on a smaller value. As a result, arrivals of the received waveforms manifest themselves as local peaks in a plot of semblance versus slowness and arrival time.
  • Acoustic array processing is one of the methods used for estimating formation properties such as, for example, compressional and/or shear slowness, using an acoustic logging tool data.
  • one of the major hurdles for estimating the formation properties is the natural phenomenon of dispersive wave propagation along the wellbore.
  • the dispersive nature of wave propagation may vary depending on the type of source excitation used to generate the waves at the acoustic source, formation type, wellbore diameter, etc.
  • the source of excitation may be, for example, a monopole, a dipole, or a quadrupole source.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a system for performing modal analysis of acoustic signals in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIGS. 2A , 2 B, and 2 C depict examples of application of the methods disclosed herein to three different types of formations.
  • FIG. 3 depicts four maps developed in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 depicts a flow chart of method steps in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 depicts a system for performing subterranean operations in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6 depicts a system for performing subterranean operations in accordance with another illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7(A) depicts a frequency coherence image of a dipole source generated acoustic data and the zone of masking including a mask upper boundary and a mask lower boundary.
  • FIG. 7(B) depicts the frequency coherence image of FIG. 7(A) after applying a mask developed for an intermediate formation in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7(C) depicts the final image of slowness selection, where the slowness values which are affected by noise have been eliminated and the slowness value has been selected at the maximum flat portion of the frequency slowness curve at low frequency range.
  • an information handling system may include any instrumentality or aggregate of instrumentalities operable to compute, classify, process, transmit, receive, retrieve, originate, switch, store, display, manifest, detect, record, reproduce, handle, or utilize any form of information, intelligence, or data for business, scientific, control, or other purposes.
  • an information handling system may be a personal computer, a network storage device, or any other suitable device and may vary in size, shape, performance, functionality, and price.
  • the information handling system may include random access memory (RAM), one or more processing resources such as a central processing unit (CPU), hardware or software control logic, ROM, and/or other types of nonvolatile memory.
  • Additional components of the information handling system may include one or more disk drives, one or more network ports for communication with external devices as well as various input and output (I/O) devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a video display.
  • the information handling system may also include one or more buses operable to transmit communications between the various hardware components.
  • Computer-readable media may include any instrumentality or aggregation of instrumentalities that may retain data and/or instructions for a period of time.
  • Computer-readable media may include, for example, without limitation, storage media such as a direct access storage device (e.g., a hard disk drive or floppy disk drive), a sequential access storage device (e.g., a tape disk drive), compact disk, CD-ROM, DVD, RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), and/or flash memory; and/or any combination of the foregoing.
  • uphole means along the drillstring or the wellbore from the distal end towards the surface
  • downhole means along the drillstring or the wellbore from the surface towards the distal end.
  • wellbore refers to any hole drilled into a formation for the purpose of exploration or extraction of natural resources such as, for example, hydrocarbons.
  • shtrike refers to the direction of a line formed by the intersection of the surface of an inclined bed with a horizontal plane.
  • dip as used herein refers to the angle of slope of an inclined bed measured perpendicular to the strike and in the vertical plane, referenced to the horizontal plane.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applicable to horizontal, vertical, deviated, or otherwise nonlinear wellbores in any type of subterranean formation. Embodiments may be applicable to injection wells as well as production wells, including hydrocarbon wells. Embodiments may be implemented using a tool that is made suitable for testing, retrieval and sampling along sections of the formation. Embodiments may be implemented with tools that, for example, may be conveyed through a flow passage in tubular string or using a wireline, slickline, coiled tubing, downhole robot or the like.
  • MWD Measurement-while-drilling
  • LWD Logging-while-drilling
  • the present invention is directed to improving performance of subterranean operations and more specifically, to a method and system for improving estimation of formation properties when using acoustic array processing.
  • a system for performing modal analysis of acoustic signals propagated in a wellbore is denoted generally with reference numeral 100 .
  • a number of parameters referred to herein as “calculated parameters” are theoretically calculated.
  • a modal analysis is performed. Accordingly, the formation excitation (dashed curves in FIG.
  • FIG. 2 shows examples of such analysis for three different types of formation, namely, a fast formation ( FIG. 2A ), an intermediate formation ( FIG. 2B ) and a slow formation ( FIG. 2C ).
  • an acoustic tool having an acoustic source is directed to a zone of interest in a formation.
  • an acoustic signal generated with the acoustic tool travels along the wellbore as a wave.
  • the properties of the wave travelling along the wellbore depend on the source excitation of the acoustic source.
  • the acoustic source may excite the wellbore in different modes. For instance, an explosion source at the center of the wellbore produces monopole or hoop mode along the wellbore.
  • a dipole source may produce a flexural mode along the wellbore wall, and a quadrupole mode may produce a screw mode propagating wave.
  • the acoustic signal traveling along the wellbore has different characteristics. Accordingly, the nature of the modal excitation is an important factor to consider when evaluating formation properties, especially when the formation velocities are slower than velocities of any fluids present in the wellbore (“wellbore fluids)”. However, all modal excitations are dispersive. Accordingly, although advance array processing may be used to evaluate the formation slowness using the STC method for separating compression, shear, flexural and Stoneley waves, the estimated slowness is typically far from the actual formation slowness due to dispersion.
  • FIGS. 2A-C show the dispersive behavior (solid lines) of formation and relative formation excitation (dash lines) of acoustic wave propagation in a wellbore environment for different formation types.
  • Each formation has unique properties that may be a function of the frequency of the wave propagation.
  • the wave may travel at a velocity close to the true formation shear velocity and formation excitation may have less power.
  • the formation excitation may vary with the wellbore diameter and the lower frequency limit may shift towards the lower frequency as the wellbore diameter increases. These characteristics may be used to create a mask zone to eliminate unwanted signatures in acoustic array frequency domain analysis.
  • FIGS. 2A , 2 B and 2 C depict examples of a fast formation, an intermediate formation, and a slow formation, respectively.
  • the slowness is plotted against the frequency.
  • the signal strength is higher at a higher frequency than the frequency of the true formation slowness.
  • the thickest line reflects a wellbore diameter of 16 inches
  • the medium thickness line reflects a wellbore diameter of 9 inches
  • the thinnest line reflects a wellbore diameter of 6 inches.
  • the modal analysis of the dipole dispersion (solid lines) and the relative formation excitation (dashed lines) of acoustic wave propagation in a wellbore are shown for each wellbore diameter.
  • each formation has unique properties with the frequency of wave propagation. The waves having lower frequencies travel close to the true formation velocity with a lower formation response.
  • the formation excitation is highly dependent upon the wellbore diameter. Accordingly, the characteristics of the frequency response may be used to create a mask and identify the lower asymptote of the dispersion curve in order to estimate the true formation properties using array processing.
  • the true formation velocity may be estimated by tracking the dispersion curve to the lower asymptote which is free from any other effects of the wellbore environment including the tool mode. Accordingly, model based masks are developed that can isolate the actual dispersion phenomenon for a given wellbore diameter, wellbore fluid properties and approximate formation properties.
  • the formation properties approximated using the methods disclosed herein include, but are not limited to, formation slowness, wellbore diameter, and fluid properties within the formation. After isolating the dispersion response, an algorithm is developed to determine formation properties such as slowness.
  • the method and system disclosed herein may be used in conjunction with real-time and/or post processing applications for wire-line, LWD or MWD environments.
  • Each map 302 , 304 , 306 , and 308 may include a number of zones.
  • the map 302 includes one zone 302 A as a primary mask. This mask 302 A may be used for the initial processing step for determining the other confined zones.
  • the maps 304 and 306 each include a primary zone 304 A, 306 A and a second confined zone 304 B, 306 B, respectively.
  • the primary zones 304 A, 306 A may be defined for the basic input parameters (formation and wellbore information) at the beginning of the processing steps.
  • the confined zones 304 B, 306 B may then be established based on the data (e.g., wellbore diameter, fluid properties, formation properties, etc.) to obtain actual formation properties.
  • the map 308 may include three zones denoted as a primary zone 308 A, and two possible confined zones 308 B, and 308 C, especially in instances when signal quality is poor or there is uncertainty in determining the formation signals. Multiple confined zones will then be examined independently to obtain best formation information.
  • the various zones depicted in the maps may be created from a number of theoretical dispersion curves (two layer mode) from a wide range of formation properties, wellbore diameters and fluid velocities. In the illustrative embodiment of FIG. 3 , approximately 3000 theoretical dispersion curves are utilized to generate the various zones.
  • the zones may be used as a unique mask in a frequency semblance map to isolate an appropriate dispersion curve from the real data. While STC is performed in the time domain, frequency semblance is performed in frequency domain.
  • the mask may be chosen adaptively so that unwanted features (e.g., tool mode, aliases, etc.) can be eliminated and correct attributes can be obtained to produce a slowness log with depth.
  • aliases refers to the repetition of the original coherence signature.
  • the map 302 refers to all possible formation slownesses except the aliases and is referred to as the “Primary Mask.” This zone can be used to isolate the actual dispersion response without the aliases.
  • a next map may be applied to only isolate for a particular formation characteristic.
  • the confined zones 304 B, 306 B, 308 B of the second map 304 , the third map 306 and the fourth map 308 may be used to isolate for a fast formation, an intermediate formation and a slow formation, respectively.
  • each of the maps 304 , 306 , and 308 may be a “Fast Formation Mask,” an “Intermediate Formation Mask” or a “Slow Formation Mask,” respectively.
  • the selection of the masks corresponding to the fast formation, the intermediate formation and the slow formation may be performed from the slowness calculations using the time semblance method.
  • the calculation of slowness using the time semblance method is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will therefore, not be discussed in detail herein.
  • the approximate formation slowness may be predicted from STC analysis of acoustic array data. This value may then be used to select the mask zone to eliminate unwanted signature(s) in frequency-slowness analysis results.
  • the frequency-slowness analysis may be carried out using various methods, including, but not limited to, the Multiple Signal Classification (“MUSIC”) Algorithm. The performance of such methods is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, having the benefit of the present disclosure, and will therefore not be discussed in detail herein. (See, e.g., Schmidt, R., “MUltiple Signal Classification multiple-signal characterization (MUSIC) algorithm,” 1986 ; Schmidt, R., “Multiple emitter location and signal parameter estimation,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. AP-34, March 1986).
  • MUSIC Multiple Signal Classification
  • the zones may be used as a unique mask in other Slowness-vs-Frequency methods such as, for example, Matrix Pencil and Slowness-Frequency Semblance, to isolate appropriate dispersion curves from the real data.
  • the Matrix Pencil method may be used in signal processing to create a frequency semblance map (See, e.g., Sarkar, T. K. and Pereira, O., 1995, “Using the Matrix Pencil Method to Estimate the Parameters of a Sum of Complex Exponentials,” I.E.E.E. Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 37(1), pp. 48-55).
  • Slowness-Frequency-Semblance is another effective method used in signal processing to create a semblance map.
  • the mask may be chosen adaptively so that the unwanted features (e.g., tool mode, aliases, etc.) can be eliminated and correct attributes can be obtained to produce a slowness log with depth.
  • FIG. 4 depicts a flow chart of method steps in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • an acoustic tool Once an acoustic tool is directed to a zone of interest, it generates an acoustic signal.
  • the basic parameters regarding the particular application are supplied as an input to the system.
  • the basic parameters may be supplied to a processing center within the system.
  • the processing center may be part of an acoustic tool.
  • the processing center may be an information handling system (not shown) that includes machine readable instructions to perform the methods disclosed herein.
  • These basic parameters may include, but are not limited to, STC process slowness values, wellbore diameter, fluid properties, etc.
  • the time domain waveform data after analog to digital conversion (A/D) from an acoustic sensor array is fed to the algorithm for shear slowness estimation.
  • the time domain waveform data is used in STC processing to determine the time semblance shear slowness.
  • frequency semblance shear slowness may be determined.
  • the appropriate mask and dispersion region may be selected.
  • the appropriate mask may be selected based on the particular input parameters, the determined time semblance shear slowness and/or the determined frequency semblance shear slowness.
  • the dispersion curve may be isolated utilizing frequency domain array processing and using the selected mask. Additionally, the fastest asymptote of the isolated dispersion curve may be identified.
  • the frequency domain array processing may be based on a real time application or a post processing application. In real-time applications, the frequency domain array processing may be from a streaming waveform data after an A/D conversion from an acoustic sensor array.
  • the frequency domain array processing may utilize a stored waveform from any acoustic array tool.
  • the frequency domain array processing may utilize any suitable frequency domain dispersion analysis including, but not limited to, point-to-point slowness phase coherence, slowness frequency semblance, Matrix Pencil, MUSIC, etc. Such methods are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, with the benefit of this disclosure and will therefore not be discussed in detail herein.
  • a least square fit algorithm may be used to determine a threshold value, both in frequency and slowness variation, with respect to normal dispersion behavior. This deviation happens mostly because of the presence of noise on data.
  • the most flat portion of the dispersion curve at the lower frequency region and proximate to STC process slowness value is identified as a selected shear slowness value at step 412 .
  • the selected shear slowness value is a predicted shear slowness of the formation.
  • the frequency value at which the shear slowness has been selected may be compared with the model based cut-off frequency value.
  • the nature of flatness of the shear slowness values with respect to normal at lower frequency regions may also be determined.
  • the term “nature of flatness” refers to the flatness with respect to a horizontal line. In an ideal setting, after cutoff frequency, the curve will trend flat (e.g., see FIG. 2A , the solid line trends flat for frequencies lower than 2 kHz).
  • the selected slowness value and the frequency value corresponding to the selected slowness value (referred to herein as the “picked frequency”) produce the quality control (QC) of the predicted slowness value. Specifically, the picked frequency and its trend is compared with the model based cutoff frequency. The smoothness of slowness values close to the picked frequency in vertical and horizontal axis may be determined. These two (picked frequency and slowness smoothness within the defined zone) are the main parameters to define the QC of the picked slowness.
  • QCs are the deviations of the picked frequency from the theoretical cut-off frequency and the slowness smoothness (or slowness flatness) properties described above.
  • slowness logs developed at steps 404 - 412 and QC of the predicted slowness value are used to evaluate the slowness trend.
  • the identified slowness and QC values are used to compare the values with Up/Down log trend values and modify the mask accordingly. For example, if the slowness trend is up, then the mask selection will be moved towards slow formation. Specifically, the slowness trend is up if the calculated slowness is increasing with depth. In contrast, if the slowness trend is down, then the mask selection will be moved towards the fast formation. The slowness trend is down if the calculated slowness decreases with depth. The process then returns to step 404 for the next depth STC slowness estimation. In the process of STC slowness selection discussed above in conjunction with FIG. 4 , the trend value may be used to select the slowness at the right STC zone.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 depict exemplary application platforms for the methods disclosed herein.
  • a central information handling system may include a computer-readable medium with machine readable instructions to perform the methods disclosed herein.
  • a logging truck 502 is positioned near the wellbore 504 .
  • An acoustic logging tool such as a wireline tool 506 may be sent downhole from the logging truck 502 to a desired location in the formation.
  • the wireline tool 506 may be, for example, the WaveSonic® tool available from Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
  • the wireline tool 506 may then measure a number of formation properties such as fast and slow shear wave travel times, P-wave slowness, compressive fluids in pore space, and anisotropy orientation. This information may undergo real-time processing in the logging truck 502 .
  • Logging truck 502 may provide a complete data-acquisition system including an information handling system that processes data. Specifically, the logging truck 502 may receive data from the wireline tool 506 and process it in accordance with the methods disclosed herein in conjunction with FIG. 4 . In certain implementations, the logging truck 502 (and/or the wireline tool 506 ) may be communicatively coupled to an information handling system 508 .
  • the information handling system 508 may include a computer-readable medium with machine readable instructions to perform the methods disclosed herein. Accordingly, following the real-time processing of data, the wireline logging truck 502 may communicate the information to the information handling system 508 where the information undergoes post processing in accordance with the methods disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 6 depicts another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the acoustic logging tool may be a LWD tool 602 .
  • a LWD tool 602 such as, for example, the BAT® tool may be directed downhole through the wellbore 604 .
  • the LWD tool 602 may then be used to obtain measurements from the formation.
  • the LWD tool 602 may include an information handling system therein to perform real-time processing of the gathered information.
  • the information handling system of the LWD tool 602 may be communicatively coupled to another information handling system 606 .
  • the logging tool 602 may communicate the information after performing real-time processing to the information handling system 606 .
  • the information handling system 606 may then perform post-processing on the obtained information in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the information handling system may include a computer-readable medium which contains machine readable instructions to perform the methods disclosed herein.
  • FIGS. 7 (A)-(C) depict an illustration of the application of the methods disclosed herein to real data for an intermediate formation from a Test Well in Fort Worth, Tex.
  • FIG. 7(A) depicts the frequency coherence image of a dipole source generated acoustic data and the zone of masking including a mask upper boundary and a mask lower boundary.
  • FIG. 7(B) depicts the frequency coherence image after applying a mask developed for an intermediate formation in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • the black line (identified by arrows) indicates the slowness value at a given frequency and produces the shear wave dispersion curve of the formation of interest.
  • FIG. 7(C) depicts the final image of slowness selection, where the slowness values which are affected by noise have been eliminated (as indicated by the white arrows in FIG. 7(C) ) and the slowness value has been selected at the maximum flat portion of the frequency slowness curve at low frequency range.
  • the final slowness result including a time semblance (STC) shear slowness of 131.2 ⁇ s/ft and a frequency semblance shear slowness of 125.7 ⁇ s/ft, can then be determined in accordance with the methods disclosed herein.
  • STC time semblance

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