Method and Device for Estimating Sonic Slowness in A Subterranean Formation

    公开(公告)号:US20190113639A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-18

    申请号:US16086596

    申请日:2017-03-21

    Abstract: A method for estimating sonic slowness comprising: obtaining (700) a plurality of sonic waveforms are received by a plurality of receivers of a logging tool after emission of a source sonic wave by a transmitter, obtaining (710) slowness models of the subterranean formation, a slowness model being defined by a at least one cell of constant slowness for at least one wave energy mode, computing (720), for each slowness model, a set of candidate travel times, a candidate travel time of a set of candidate travel times being computed for a wave energy mode and a position of a receiver of the plurality of receivers, computing (730) a relevance indicator for each set of candidate travel times based on the recorded sonic waveforms; searching (740) a match between the sets of candidate travel times and the recorded sonic waveforms by searching a relevance indicator which is optimum, computing (750) a sonic slowness estimate for the subterranean formation from a set of candidate travel times for which the relevance indicator is optimum.

    Methods and Systems for Microseismic Mapping
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    发明申请
    Methods and Systems for Microseismic Mapping 审中-公开
    微地震绘图方法与系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130322209A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-05

    申请号:US13960777

    申请日:2013-08-06

    CPC classification number: G01V1/288 G01V1/303 G01V1/40 G01V2210/123

    Abstract: Methods and systems for the detection and localization of microseismic events are proposed which operate in real-time. Hypocenters in three spatial dimensions are provided along with an estimate of the event origin time. Sensor positions may be distributed in 3D space, and are not confined to linear arrays in vertical wells. A location of the event is approximated and a grid search, based on the approximate location of the event, is used to derive a residual function over a finer sampling followed by a gradient search of the residual function to optimize the location of the event.

    Abstract translation: 提出了实时监测和定位微震事件的方法和系统。 提供三个空间维度的异常者以及事件起始时间的估计。 传感器位置可以分布在3D空间中,并不限于垂直井中的线性阵列。 事件的位置被近似,并且基于事件的大致位置的网格搜索被用于通过更精细的采样导出残差函数,随后是剩余函数的梯度搜索以优化事件的位置。

    Method and device for estimating sonic slowness in a subterranean formation

    公开(公告)号:US11112513B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US16086596

    申请日:2017-03-21

    Abstract: A method for estimating sonic slowness comprising: obtaining (700) a plurality of sonic waveforms are received by a plurality of receivers of a logging tool after emission of a source sonic wave by a transmitter, obtaining (710) slowness models of the subterranean formation, a slowness model being defined by a at least one cell of constant slowness for at least one wave energy mode, computing (720), for each slowness model, a set of candidate travel times, a candidate travel time of a set of candidate travel times being computed for a wave energy mode and a position of a receiver of the plurality of receivers, computing (730) a relevance indicator for each set of candidate travel times based on the recorded sonic waveforms; searching (740) a match between the sets of candidate travel times and the recorded sonic waveforms by searching a relevance indicator which is optimum, computing (750) a sonic slowness estimate for the subterranean formation from a set of candidate travel times for which the relevance indicator is optimum.

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