Data acquisition and processing system and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation

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

Title: Data acquisition and processing system and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation

Abstract

A system and a method includes generating a first signal at a first frequency; and a second signal at a second frequency. Respective sources are positioned within the borehole and controllable such that the signals intersect in an intersection volume outside the borehole. A receiver detects a difference signal returning to the borehole generated by a non-linear mixing process within the intersection volume, and records the detected signal and stores the detected signal in a storage device and records measurement parameters including a position of the first acoustic source, a position of the second acoustic source, a position of the receiver, elevation angle and azimuth angle of the first acoustic signal and elevation angle and azimuth angle of the second acoustic signal.

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

Issue Date:: 2015-01-27

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1168676

Patent Number(s):: 8942063

Application Number:: 13/292,924

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES

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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. Data acquisition and processing system and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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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. Data acquisition and processing system and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation.  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 .  
        "Data acquisition and processing system and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1168676.

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  abstractNote = {A system and a method includes generating a first signal at a first frequency; and a second signal at a second frequency. Respective sources are positioned within the borehole and controllable such that the signals intersect in an intersection volume outside the borehole. A receiver detects a difference signal returning to the borehole generated by a non-linear mixing process within the intersection volume, and records the detected signal and stores the detected signal in a storage device and records measurement parameters including a position of the first acoustic source, a position of the second acoustic source, a position of the receiver, elevation angle and azimuth angle of the first acoustic signal and elevation angle and azimuth angle of the second acoustic signal.},

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Citation Formats

Parametric Acoustic Array journal, April 1963

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

3-D Acoustic Scanner conference, April 2013

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

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Parametric Acoustic Array
journal, April 1963

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journal, January 1987

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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