Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole
Abstract
In some aspects of the disclosure, a method and an apparatus is disclosed for investigating material surrounding the borehole. The method includes generating a first low frequency acoustic wave within the borehole, wherein the first low frequency acoustic wave induces a linear and a nonlinear response in one or more features in the material that are substantially perpendicular to a radius of the borehole; directing a first sequence of high frequency pulses in a direction perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the borehole into the material contemporaneously with the first acoustic wave; and receiving one or more second high frequency pulses at one or more receivers positionable in the borehole produced by an interaction between the first sequence of high frequency pulses and the one or more features undergoing linear and nonlinear elastic distortion due to the first low frequency acoustic wave to investigate the material surrounding the borehole.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1107801
- Patent Number(s):
- 8576661
- Application Number:
- 12/893,530
- Assignee:
- Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Sam Ramon, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
-
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Johnson, Paul A, Tencate, James A, Le Bas, Pierre-Yves, Guyer, Robert, Vu, Cung Khac, and Skelt, Christopher. Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web.
Johnson, Paul A, Tencate, James A, Le Bas, Pierre-Yves, Guyer, Robert, Vu, Cung Khac, & Skelt, Christopher. Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole. United States.
Johnson, Paul A, Tencate, James A, Le Bas, Pierre-Yves, Guyer, Robert, Vu, Cung Khac, and Skelt, Christopher. Tue .
"Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1107801.
@article{osti_1107801,
title = {Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole},
author = {Johnson, Paul A and Tencate, James A and Le Bas, Pierre-Yves and Guyer, Robert and Vu, Cung Khac and Skelt, Christopher},
abstractNote = {In some aspects of the disclosure, a method and an apparatus is disclosed for investigating material surrounding the borehole. The method includes generating a first low frequency acoustic wave within the borehole, wherein the first low frequency acoustic wave induces a linear and a nonlinear response in one or more features in the material that are substantially perpendicular to a radius of the borehole; directing a first sequence of high frequency pulses in a direction perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the borehole into the material contemporaneously with the first acoustic wave; and receiving one or more second high frequency pulses at one or more receivers positionable in the borehole produced by an interaction between the first sequence of high frequency pulses and the one or more features undergoing linear and nonlinear elastic distortion due to the first low frequency acoustic wave to investigate the material surrounding the borehole.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2013},
month = {11}
}
Works referenced in this record:
High resolution device and method for imaging concealed objects within an obscuring medium
patent, April 2001
- Nelson, Robert Sigurd; Zach, Reuven D.
- US Patent Document 6,216,540
Highly-directional acoustic source for use in borehole surveys
patent, August 1976
- Cowles, Christopher S.
- US Patent Document 3,974,476
Methods of generating directional low frequency acoustic signals and reflected signal detection enhancements for seismic while drilling applications
patent, November 2007
- Leggett, III, James V.; Dubinsky, Vladimir
- US Patent Document 7,301,852
Nonlinear generation of elastic waves in granite and sandstone: Continuous wave and travel time observations
journal, January 1989
- Johnson, Paul A.; Shankland, Thomas J.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 94, Issue B12
Bed continuity detection and analysis using crosswell seismic data
patent, September 1992
- Chon, Yu Taik
- US Patent Document 5,144,590
Method of generating directional low frequency acoustic signals and reflected signal detection enhancements for seismic while drilling applications
patent, December 2008
- Leggett, III, James V.; Dubinsky, Vladimir
- US Patent Document 7,463,551
Cross-well connectivity mapping including separation of compressional and shear wave energy
patent, December 1999
- Chon, Yu Taik; Turpening, Walter R.; Khan, Tawassul Ali
- US Patent Document 6,009,043
Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging of nonlinearly intermodulated and harmonic frequency components
patent, August 2002
- Averkiou, Michalakis
- US Patent Document 6,440,075
Ultrasonic Study of Three-Phonon Interactions. II. Experimental Results
journal, November 1964
- Rollins, Fred R.; Taylor, Lyle H.; Todd, Paul H.
- Physical Review, Vol. 136, Issue 3A
Mapping reservoir characteristics using earth's nonlinearity as a seismic attribute
patent, October 2003
- Khan, Tawassul Ali
- US Patent Document 6,631,783
Nonlinear generation of elastic waves in crystalline rock
journal, January 1987
- Johnson, Paul A.; Shankland, Thomas J.; O'Connell, Richard J.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 92, Issue B5
Cross-well seismic mapping method for determining non-linear properties of earth formations between wellbores
patent, January 2001
- Khan, Tawassul Ali
- US Patent Document 6,175,536
Parametric Acoustic Array
journal, April 1963
- Westervelt, Peter J.
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 35, Issue 4
Dynamic nonlinear elasticity in geomaterials
journal, July 2001
- Ostrovsky, L. A.; Johnson, P. A.
- La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, Vol. 24, Issue 7
Interaction of Elastic Waves in an Isotropic Solid
journal, January 1963
- Jones, Gerald Lee; Kobett, Donald R.
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 35, Issue 1
Identification of stress induced anisotropy in formations
patent, March 1995
- Sinha, Bikash K.; Kostek, Sergio
- US Patent Document 5,398,215
Apparatus for acoustically investigating a borehole
patent, May 1983
- Havira, R. Mark
- US Patent Document 4,382,290
Measurement of formation characteristics using acoustic borehole tool having sources of different frequencies
patent, May 1996
- D'Angelo, Ralph M.; Kimball, Christopher; Kostek, Sergio
- US Patent Document 5,521,882