System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating coded signals

Vu, Cung Khac; Nihei, Kurt; Johnson, Paul A; Guyer, Robert; Ten Cate, James A; Le Bas, Pierre-Yves; Larmat, Carene S

Title: System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating coded signals

Abstract

A system and a method for investigating rock formations includes generating, by a first acoustic source, a first acoustic signal comprising a first plurality of pulses, each pulse including a first modulated signal at a central frequency; and generating, by a second acoustic source, a second acoustic signal comprising a second plurality of pulses. A receiver arranged within the borehole receives a detected signal including a signal being generated by a non-linear mixing process from the first-and-second acoustic signal in a non-linear mixing zone within the intersection volume. The method also includes-processing the received signal to extract the signal generated by the non-linear mixing process over noise or over signals generated by a linear interaction process, or both.

Inventors:: Vu, Cung Khac; Nihei, Kurt; Johnson, Paul A; Guyer, Robert; Ten Cate, James A; Le Bas, Pierre-Yves; Larmat, Carene S

Issue Date:: 2014-12-30

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1166747

Patent Number(s):: 8923092

Application Number:: 13/292,915

Assignee:: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS
G01V2210/588 - Non-linear media
G01V1/50 - Analysing data
G01V1/006 - {generating single signals by using more than one generator, e.g. beam steering or focussing arrays
G01V1/46 - Data acquisition

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS
A61P35/00 - Antineoplastic agents

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS
G01V2210/125 - Virtual source

G - PHYSICS G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS G10K - SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES
G10K15/02 - Synthesis of acoustic waves

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS
G01V2210/127 - Cooperating multiple sources
G01V1/52 - Structural details
G01V1/44 - using generators and receivers in the same well

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Nov 09

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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                    Vu, Cung Khac, Nihei, Kurt, Johnson, Paul A, Guyer, Robert, Ten Cate, James A, Le Bas, Pierre-Yves, and Larmat, Carene S. System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating coded signals.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Vu, Cung Khac, Nihei, Kurt, Johnson, Paul A, Guyer, Robert, Ten Cate, James A, Le Bas, Pierre-Yves, & Larmat, Carene S. System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating coded signals.  United States.

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                    Vu, Cung Khac, Nihei, Kurt, Johnson, Paul A, Guyer, Robert, Ten Cate, James A, Le Bas, Pierre-Yves, and Larmat, Carene S. Tue .  
        "System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating coded signals".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1166747.

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Parametric Acoustic Array journal, April 1963

Nonlinear generation of elastic waves in crystalline rock journal, January 1987

Nonlinear generation of elastic waves in granite and sandstone: Continuous wave and travel time observations journal, January 1989

Interaction of Elastic Waves in an Isotropic Solid journal, January 1963

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Parametric Acoustic Array
journal, April 1963

Nonlinear generation of elastic waves in crystalline rock
journal, January 1987

Nonlinear generation of elastic waves in granite and sandstone: Continuous wave and travel time observations
journal, January 1989

Interaction of Elastic Waves in an Isotropic Solid
journal, January 1963

Ultrasonic Study of Three-Phonon Interactions. II. Experimental Results
journal, November 1964

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journal, July 2004