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Title: Electromagnetic field generated by an off-axis source in a cylindrically layered medium with an arbitrary number of horizontal discontinuities

Journal Article · · Geophysics; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1443445· OSTI ID:6111397
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  1. Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT (United States)

The authors investigate the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a cylindrically layered medium with an arbitrary number of horizontal discontinuities. The dielectric constant, conductivity, and magnetic permeability of the medium are functions of [rho] and z only, but the field generated by an off-axis source in this medium is in general a function of [rho], [sigma], and z. This two and a half-dimensional (2.5-D) problem is often encountered in electromagnetic well logging, as well as in other areas such as optical fiber communications and integrated optics. They show that a coupling exists between the transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) components of the field even in the absence of the horizontal discontinuities, which makes it difficult to solve for the field. They apply an efficient numerical mode-matching (NMM) algorithm to tackle this 2.5-D problem. This algorithm uses the local reflection and transmission operators developed in the recent work on the diffraction of non axisymmetric waves in a cylindrically layered medium with a single horizontal discontinuity. For several special geometries, they compare the numerical results from this NMM algorithm with analytical solutions as well as the earlier numerical results for axisymmetric cases, and found excellent agreement between them. As an application to the geophysical subsurface sensing, solve several practical problems, and find that a large eccentricity effect can occur in realistic electromagnetic well logging. Conventional log interpretation methods cannot adequately account for these effects. With the NMM algorithm developed here, all these different effects can be accounted for simultaneously and accurately.

OSTI ID:
6111397
Journal Information:
Geophysics; (United States), Vol. 58:5; ISSN 0016-8033
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English