WO2008094050A3 - Measurements of rock parameters - Google Patents

Measurements of rock parameters Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2008094050A3
WO2008094050A3 PCT/NO2008/000036 NO2008000036W WO2008094050A3 WO 2008094050 A3 WO2008094050 A3 WO 2008094050A3 NO 2008000036 W NO2008000036 W NO 2008000036W WO 2008094050 A3 WO2008094050 A3 WO 2008094050A3
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
rock matrix
near wellbore
borehole tool
wellbore area
amplitude
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/NO2008/000036
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2008094050A2 (en
Inventor
Brikt Rathour Hansen
Original Assignee
Statoilhydro Asa
Brikt Rathour Hansen
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Statoilhydro Asa, Brikt Rathour Hansen filed Critical Statoilhydro Asa
Priority to GB0913740A priority Critical patent/GB2458618B/en
Priority to US12/524,504 priority patent/US20100095757A1/en
Publication of WO2008094050A2 publication Critical patent/WO2008094050A2/en
Publication of WO2008094050A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008094050A3/en

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N29/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves; Visualisation of the interior of objects by transmitting ultrasonic or sonic waves through the object
    • G01N29/34—Generating the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves, e.g. electronic circuits specially adapted therefor
    • G01N29/348—Generating the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves, e.g. electronic circuits specially adapted therefor with frequency characteristics, e.g. single frequency signals, chirp signals
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N29/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves; Visualisation of the interior of objects by transmitting ultrasonic or sonic waves through the object
    • G01N29/04—Analysing solids
    • G01N29/043—Analysing solids in the interior, e.g. by shear waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting
    • G01V1/40—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for well-logging
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting
    • G01V1/40—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for well-logging
    • G01V1/44—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for well-logging using generators and receivers in the same well
    • G01V1/48—Processing data
    • G01V1/50—Analysing data
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
    • G01N2291/02—Indexing codes associated with the analysed material
    • G01N2291/023—Solids
    • G01N2291/0232—Glass, ceramics, concrete or stone
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
    • G01N2291/02—Indexing codes associated with the analysed material
    • G01N2291/028—Material parameters
    • G01N2291/02818—Density, viscosity
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
    • G01N2291/02—Indexing codes associated with the analysed material
    • G01N2291/028—Material parameters
    • G01N2291/02854—Length, thickness
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
    • G01N2291/26—Scanned objects
    • G01N2291/263—Surfaces
    • G01N2291/2636—Surfaces cylindrical from inside

Abstract

This invention relates to methods and apparatus to measure physical parameters such as density and porosity of the rock matrix in a near wellbore area. This is achieved by a borehole tool comprising a number of transducer elements in a transducer array placed at an outermost surface of the borehole tool and capable of emitting focused beams of high frequency ultra-sound into the rock matrix in the near wellbore area. The transducer array may be placed on the ribs or stabilizers of the borehole tool, and/or on a sleeve with a lower rotational speed, and may comprise a fronting material with similar acoustic impedance as the rock matrix. The invention further relates to a method for measuring physical parameters of the rock matrix in a near wellbore area where a focused beam of high frequency ultrasound is emitted into the rock matrix in the near wellbore area from one or more transducer arrays placed on a borehole tool. The beam is given a focal point position, frequency, and amplitude, and the amplitude of the reflected signal and the time of the largest amplitude in the reflected signal are measured. The density of the rock matrix is then determined using the laws of reflection and/or a number of 2D and/or 3D pictures of the forma-tion are generated based on which the porosity of the rock matrix is determined.
PCT/NO2008/000036 2007-02-02 2008-02-04 Measurements of rock parameters WO2008094050A2 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0913740A GB2458618B (en) 2007-02-02 2008-02-04 Measurements of rock parameters
US12/524,504 US20100095757A1 (en) 2007-02-02 2008-02-04 Measurements of rock parameters

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NO20070628A NO20070628L (en) 2007-02-02 2007-02-02 Measurement of rock parameters
NO20070628 2007-02-02

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2008094050A2 WO2008094050A2 (en) 2008-08-07
WO2008094050A3 true WO2008094050A3 (en) 2008-09-25

Family

ID=39590461

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/NO2008/000036 WO2008094050A2 (en) 2007-02-02 2008-02-04 Measurements of rock parameters

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US20100095757A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2458618B (en)
NO (1) NO20070628L (en)
WO (1) WO2008094050A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (28)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8547790B2 (en) 2008-07-02 2013-10-01 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof
US8547791B2 (en) 2008-07-02 2013-10-01 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof
US8559269B2 (en) 2008-07-02 2013-10-15 Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof
WO2010112042A1 (en) * 2009-04-02 2010-10-07 Statoil Asa Apparatus and method for evaluating a wellbore, in particular a casing thereof
US8345509B2 (en) * 2009-04-16 2013-01-01 Chevron U.S.A., Inc. System and method to create three-dimensional images of non-linear acoustic properties in a region remote from a borehole
EP2446115A4 (en) * 2009-06-24 2013-09-11 Tecwel As Transducer assembly
BR112013011863A2 (en) 2010-11-12 2016-08-23 Chevron Usa Inc system and method for generating microsystem events and characterizing properties of a medium with nonlinear acoustic interactions
WO2012170580A2 (en) * 2011-06-06 2012-12-13 Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. Optical method and apparatus for determining a characteristic such as volume and density of an excavated void in a construction material
US8481920B2 (en) 2011-07-19 2013-07-09 Baker Hughes Incorporated Apparatus and method for determining formation density from nuclear density measurements made using sensors at more than one location
WO2013130745A2 (en) * 2012-02-28 2013-09-06 Cidra Corporate Services Inc. Acoustic monitoring of block caving
US20140056111A1 (en) 2012-08-21 2014-02-27 Cung Khac Vu Acoustic detector
WO2014105088A1 (en) * 2012-12-31 2014-07-03 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Sourceless density determination apparatus, methods, and systems
RU2523782C1 (en) * 2013-04-02 2014-07-20 Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт физики Земли им. О.Ю. Шмидта Российской академии наук (ИФЗ РАН) Control over local rock specimen density variation at straining
US9810058B2 (en) 2013-10-02 2017-11-07 Bergen Technology Center As Petroleum well downhole logging tool with high speed data bus
JP2016540234A (en) * 2013-11-05 2016-12-22 ピエゾテック・エルエルシー Propagation time in muddy water
US10690805B2 (en) * 2013-12-05 2020-06-23 Pile Dynamics, Inc. Borehold testing device
RU2548406C1 (en) * 2013-12-25 2015-04-20 Шлюмберже Текнолоджи Б.В. Method of determining change in properties of borehole area of reservoir-bed under influence of drilling solution
US10358905B2 (en) * 2014-01-13 2019-07-23 Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc Ultrasonic logging methods and apparatus for measuring cement and casing properties using acoustic echoes
GB2542069B (en) 2014-07-18 2020-09-02 Halliburton Energy Services Inc Formation density or acoustic impedance logging tool
WO2016043723A1 (en) 2014-09-16 2016-03-24 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Drilling noise categorization and analysis
EP3334900B1 (en) * 2015-08-14 2020-06-03 Pile Dynamics, Inc. Borehole testing device
US10054713B2 (en) 2015-12-02 2018-08-21 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Acousto-electromagnetic measurement through use of Doppler spectrum for casing corrosion evaluation
CN106091852B (en) * 2016-06-17 2017-11-21 中国葛洲坝集团易普力股份有限公司 On-site mixed explosive and rock mass Impedance matching method of testing and its system
GB2558872A (en) 2016-11-11 2018-07-25 Schlumberger Technology Bv Downhole tool for measuring fluid flow
WO2019067987A1 (en) 2017-09-29 2019-04-04 Baker Hughes, A Ge Company, Llc Downhole system for determining a rate of penetration of a downhole tool and related methods
CN109470769B (en) * 2018-09-30 2021-07-02 中国建筑科学研究院有限公司 Method and system for detecting grouting fullness of sleeve by ultrasonic reflection method
US11215047B2 (en) 2019-05-14 2022-01-04 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Iterative borehole shape estimation of CAST tool
CN113504307B (en) * 2021-09-10 2021-12-21 西南石油大学 Multi-frequency core sound velocity measuring device

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0224350A2 (en) * 1985-11-22 1987-06-03 Mobil Oil Corporation Borehole logging tool
EP0671547A1 (en) * 1990-05-16 1995-09-13 Schlumberger Limited Ultrasonic measurement apparatus and method for boreholes
US6084826A (en) * 1995-01-12 2000-07-04 Baker Hughes Incorporated Measurement-while-drilling acoustic system employing multiple, segmented transmitters and receivers
EP1348954A1 (en) * 2002-03-28 2003-10-01 Services Petroliers Schlumberger Apparatus and method for acoustically investigating a borehole by using a phased array sensor
US20050132794A1 (en) * 2003-12-22 2005-06-23 Spross Ronald L. System, method and apparatus for petrophysical and geophysical measurements at the drilling bit

Family Cites Families (45)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2931455A (en) * 1956-03-29 1960-04-05 Texaco Inc Acoustic logging of wells
US3175639A (en) * 1960-10-19 1965-03-30 Liben William Method for measuring formation porosity, permeability and mud cake thickness in oil well bore holes by sonic pulses
US3775739A (en) * 1965-12-13 1973-11-27 Shell Oil Co Method and apparatus for detecting fractures
US3564914A (en) * 1968-08-12 1971-02-23 Sinclair Research Inc Sequential acoustic and electrical resistivity well-logging device
US3900826A (en) * 1973-10-31 1975-08-19 Texaco Inc Acoustic permeability log utilizing differential travel time measurements
US4283953A (en) * 1978-10-30 1981-08-18 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Method and apparatus for determining a granularity property of a subsurface formation around a borehole
US4601024A (en) * 1981-03-10 1986-07-15 Amoco Corporation Borehole televiewer system using multiple transducer subsystems
US4562556A (en) * 1981-10-09 1985-12-31 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Compressional and shear velocity logging method apparatus
US4692908A (en) * 1982-03-24 1987-09-08 Schlumberger-Doll Research Method and apparatus for investigating stand-off in a borehole
US4641724A (en) * 1982-07-30 1987-02-10 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Fracture detection using circumferential offset acoustic paths
US4641520A (en) * 1984-08-23 1987-02-10 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Shear wave transducer for stress measurements in boreholes
US4733380A (en) * 1984-12-26 1988-03-22 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Apparatus and method for acoustically investigating a casing set in a borehole
US4646565A (en) * 1985-07-05 1987-03-03 Atlantic Richfield Co. Ultrasonic surface texture measurement apparatus and method
EP0239999B1 (en) * 1986-04-02 1993-10-13 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Ultrasonic probe having an ultrasonic propagation medium
US4867264A (en) * 1986-09-17 1989-09-19 Atlantic Richfield Company Apparatus and method for investigating wellbores and the like
US5164548A (en) * 1988-02-08 1992-11-17 Chevron Research And Technology Company Method and apparatus for ultrasonic scanning of a borehole having improved sensor array and timing circuit
US4876672A (en) * 1988-03-01 1989-10-24 Atlantic Richfield Company Ultrasonic logging tool with rotating exposed transducer
FR2669743B1 (en) * 1990-11-23 1993-03-26 Schlumberger Services Petrol SKATING LOG DEVICE.
US5250806A (en) * 1991-03-18 1993-10-05 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Stand-off compensated formation measurements apparatus and method
DE4325028B4 (en) * 1993-07-26 2005-05-19 Siemens Ag Ultrasonic transducer device comprising a one or two dimensional array of transducer elements
US6206108B1 (en) * 1995-01-12 2001-03-27 Baker Hughes Incorporated Drilling system with integrated bottom hole assembly
US5541889A (en) * 1995-01-31 1996-07-30 Western Atlas International Borehole fluid replacement means and method
US7841982B2 (en) * 1995-06-22 2010-11-30 Techniscan, Inc. Apparatus and method for imaging objects with wavefields
US5924499A (en) * 1997-04-21 1999-07-20 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Acoustic data link and formation property sensor for downhole MWD system
US6230557B1 (en) * 1998-08-04 2001-05-15 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Formation pressure measurement while drilling utilizing a non-rotating sleeve
US6230799B1 (en) * 1998-12-09 2001-05-15 Etrema Products, Inc. Ultrasonic downhole radiator and method for using same
US6466513B1 (en) * 1999-10-21 2002-10-15 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Acoustic sensor assembly
MY123577A (en) * 2000-05-02 2006-05-31 Shell Int Research Borehole imaging
US6631327B2 (en) * 2001-09-21 2003-10-07 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Quadrupole acoustic shear wave logging while drilling
US6918293B2 (en) * 2003-04-09 2005-07-19 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. System and method having radiation intensity measurements with standoff correction
US7513147B2 (en) * 2003-07-03 2009-04-07 Pathfinder Energy Services, Inc. Piezocomposite transducer for a downhole measurement tool
US7036363B2 (en) * 2003-07-03 2006-05-02 Pathfinder Energy Services, Inc. Acoustic sensor for downhole measurement tool
EP1505252B1 (en) * 2003-08-08 2005-09-28 Services Petroliers Schlumberger Multimode acoustic imaging in cased wells
US7697375B2 (en) * 2004-03-17 2010-04-13 Baker Hughes Incorporated Combined electro-magnetic acoustic transducer
US7404456B2 (en) * 2004-10-07 2008-07-29 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Apparatus and method of identifying rock properties while drilling
US7668043B2 (en) * 2004-10-20 2010-02-23 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Methods and systems for sonic log processing
US7764572B2 (en) * 2004-12-08 2010-07-27 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Methods and systems for acoustic waveform processing
US8256565B2 (en) * 2005-05-10 2012-09-04 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Enclosures for containing transducers and electronics on a downhole tool
US7464588B2 (en) * 2005-10-14 2008-12-16 Baker Hughes Incorporated Apparatus and method for detecting fluid entering a wellbore
US20120192640A1 (en) * 2006-06-02 2012-08-02 Chanh Cao Minh Borehole Imaging and Formation Evaluation While Drilling
US7665544B2 (en) * 2006-12-05 2010-02-23 Baker Hughes Incorporated Method to improve downhole instruments
US8194497B2 (en) * 2007-01-16 2012-06-05 Precision Energy Services, Inc. Reduction of tool eccentricity effects on acoustic measurements
US7698937B2 (en) * 2007-10-18 2010-04-20 Neidhardt Deitmar J Method and apparatus for detecting defects in oilfield tubulars
US8522611B2 (en) * 2009-02-19 2013-09-03 Baker Hughes Incorporated Method and apparatus for measuring pore pressure beyond the casing
US9062531B2 (en) * 2010-03-16 2015-06-23 Tool Joint Products, Llc System and method for measuring borehole conditions, in particular, verification of a final borehole diameter

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0224350A2 (en) * 1985-11-22 1987-06-03 Mobil Oil Corporation Borehole logging tool
EP0671547A1 (en) * 1990-05-16 1995-09-13 Schlumberger Limited Ultrasonic measurement apparatus and method for boreholes
US6084826A (en) * 1995-01-12 2000-07-04 Baker Hughes Incorporated Measurement-while-drilling acoustic system employing multiple, segmented transmitters and receivers
EP1348954A1 (en) * 2002-03-28 2003-10-01 Services Petroliers Schlumberger Apparatus and method for acoustically investigating a borehole by using a phased array sensor
US20050132794A1 (en) * 2003-12-22 2005-06-23 Spross Ronald L. System, method and apparatus for petrophysical and geophysical measurements at the drilling bit

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB0913740D0 (en) 2009-09-16
GB2458618A (en) 2009-09-30
US20100095757A1 (en) 2010-04-22
GB2458618B (en) 2011-08-31
WO2008094050A2 (en) 2008-08-07
NO20070628L (en) 2008-08-04

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2008094050A3 (en) Measurements of rock parameters
US9354346B2 (en) Acoustic source for generating an acoustic beam
EP2217949B1 (en) Method for acoustic imaging of the earth's subsurface using a fixed position sensor array and beam steering
JP5518058B2 (en) Apparatus and method for generating an acoustic energy beam in a borehole and their applications
US4137779A (en) Methods and arrangement for the determination of crack-depths in ultrasonic non destructive testing
EP3230558B1 (en) Multi-beam phased array acoustic transducer operation for downhole applications
CN106133272B (en) Variable thickness acoustic transducer
WO2017077486A1 (en) System and method for assessment of irregularity in a wooden material surrounded by a substrate
GB2578697A (en) Formation acoustic property measurement with beam-angled transducer array
JP6700054B2 (en) Non-contact acoustic exploration system
EP2542884A1 (en) Method and apparatus for providing a structural condition of a structure
CA2893044A1 (en) Device and method for the non-destructive control of metal profiles
JP2010054497A (en) Ultrasonic flaw detection sensitivity setting method and ultrasonic flaw detector
WO2010046685A1 (en) Acoustic bore inspection device
RU2490668C2 (en) Directed rod-shaped piezoceramic radiator for acoustic logging device, device and acoustic logging method
KR101558921B1 (en) Dual type ultrasonic sensor for adjusting focal length
CN203838120U (en) Bicrystal longitudinal wave angle probe
KR101558922B1 (en) Dual type ultrasonic sensor for adjusting beam width
JP2022550818A (en) Ultrasound scanner with backing block
CN103901114A (en) Double-wafer longitudinal wave angle probe

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 08723948

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 12524504

Country of ref document: US

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

ENP Entry into the national phase

Ref document number: 0913740

Country of ref document: GB

Kind code of ref document: A

Free format text: PCT FILING DATE = 20080204

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 0913740.7

Country of ref document: GB

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 08723948

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2