摘要:
An electromagnetic telemetry (EMT) system is provided. A downhole transceiver sub is coupled with a downhole tool. The downhole transceiver sub and the downhole tool positioned in a wellbore having a casing extending along a length of the wellbore. The downhole transceiver sub transmits data from the downhole tool by passing a current through the casing to radiate electromagnetic fields. An uphole transceiver sub is disposed uphole from the downhole transceiver sub. The uphole transceiver sub is operable to measure the electromagnetic fields. The measured electromagnetic fields are decoded to obtain the data from the downhole tool.
摘要:
Methods, systems, and computer program products appraise the quality of resistivity LWD data inversion and related earth models. The appraisal uses several quality factors, including signal-to-noise ratio, noise-to-signal ratio, data importance, model parameter importance, and model parameter confidence interval for the resistivity LWD data inversion and related earth models. These quality factors allow a user to determine which data provides useful information, which parts of the earth model may be relied upon, and conversely which parameters in which parts of the model may need to be modified. Such an arrangement is particularly useful in distance-to-bed-boundary (DTBB) inversion for geo-steering and formation evaluation.
摘要:
A well having optically controlled switching, the well including a power cable run along a tubular string in a borehole, one or more downhole devices attached to the tubular string, one or more optically-controlled switches arranged downhole, where each switch is coupled between the power cable and one of the one or more downhole devices to enable or disable a flow of power to the downhole device, and a switch controller coupled to the one or more optically-controlled switches via an optical fiber, where each of the one or more optically-controlled switches are independently controllable.
摘要:
A disclosed electromagnetic (EM) interferometry system includes a first EM field sensor at a first position in a downhole environment. The system also includes a second EM field sensor at a second position in the downhole environment. The system also includes a processing unit that receives a first EM field measurement from the first EM field sensor and a second EM field measurement from the second EM field sensor. The processing unit derives a response of the first EM field sensor to a virtual EM field source at the second position by cross-correlating the first EM field measurement with the second EM field measurement. The processing unit also performs an inversion process based at least in part on the derived response to obtain a model of subsurface formation properties
摘要:
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article of manufacture, may operate to parameterize a geological formation in terms of initial earth model parameters, and generate predicted data by simulating a tool response using earth model parameters. Further activity may include determining a difference between calibrated data and the predicted data; and simultaneously adjusting calibration parameters and the earth model parameters such that the difference between them satisfies selected convergence criteria, so that a controlled device can be operated according to at least one of updated calibration parameters, updated calibrated data, or updated earth model parameters. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
摘要:
A time-lapse electromagnetic (EM) monitoring system for a formation includes at least one EM source and at least one EM field sensor to collect EM survey data corresponding to the formation in response to an emission from the at least one EM source. The EM survey data includes first EM data collected at a first time and second EM data collected at a second time. The time-lapse EM monitoring system also includes a processing unit in communication with the at least one EM field sensor. The processing unit determines time-lapse EM data based on the first EM data and the second EM data, and performs an analysis of the time-lapse EM data to determine an attribute change in an earth model.
摘要:
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods providing a tool to characterize a fracture in formation. Such a tool can use electromagnetic logging data that can be acquired in a processing unit to operate on the data using a fracture model that represents a fracture by an electrically thin sheet. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
摘要:
A spontaneous (SP) monitoring system includes a plurality of EM field sensors positioned in a downhole environment. The SP monitoring system also includes a processing unit in communication with the plurality of EM field sensors. The processing unit determines SP data for the downhole environment using a multi-frequency SP model and EM field measurements collected by the plurality of EM field sensors. The processing unit performs an inversion process based at least in part on the SP data to obtain a model of subsurface fluid.
摘要:
Illustrative permanent electromagnetic (EM) monitoring systems and methods have a casing string positioned inside a borehole and equipped with one or more EM transducer modules having a layer of soft magnetic material that substantially encircles the casing string to amplify a signal response of a magnetic field transmitting and/or sensing element. The layer preferably has an axial dimension at least twice an axial dimension of the magnetic field sensing element, with a relative permeability at least twice that of the casing material. The magnetic field transmitting element can be a coil. The magnetic field sensing element can be a coil or a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive element that applies stress to an optical fiber. A well interface system communicates with the one or more EM transducer modules to transmit and/or collect EM signals over time. Additional casing strings may be provided in other nearby boreholes to enable tomographic mapping and monitoring of fluid interfaces in the reservoir.