Systems and Methods for Downhole Cement Evaluation
    1.
    发明申请
    Systems and Methods for Downhole Cement Evaluation 有权
    井下水泥评价系统与方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150003203A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-01

    申请号:US14366676

    申请日:2012-12-20

    Inventor: Benoit Froelich

    Abstract: Systems and methods for cement evaluation by determining a shear velocity of a shear wave (26) propagating within a medium (20) located between a formation (12) and a casing (13) in a borehole (11) are presented. The method can include positioning an ultrasonic transducer array (21) in the borehole inside the casing. The method can also include in a pushing mode, generating a shear wave in the medium with the ultrasonic transducer array inside the casing. The method can also include in an interrogation mode, measuring a shear velocity of the shear wave in the medium with the ultrasonic transducer array. The shear velocity may be used to determine whether the medium is solid or liquid.

    Abstract translation: 提出了通过确定在位于井眼(11)中的地层(12)和壳体(13)之间的介质(20)内传播的剪切波(26)的剪切速度的水泥评估的系统和方法。 该方法可以包括将超声波换能器阵列(21)定位在壳体内的钻孔中。 该方法还可以包括在推动模式中,在壳体内具有超声换能器阵列的介质中产生剪切波。 该方法还可以包括在询问模式中,用超声波换能器阵列测量介质中剪切波的剪切速度。 剪切速度可用于确定介质是固体还是液体。

    Mechanical Filter for Acoustic Telemetry Repeater
    3.
    发明申请
    Mechanical Filter for Acoustic Telemetry Repeater 有权
    声学遥测中继机的机械滤波器

    公开(公告)号:US20140209313A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US14169477

    申请日:2014-01-31

    CPC classification number: E21B47/16 E21B17/01 E21B33/035 E21B34/04 E21B41/0007

    Abstract: A subsea installation kit is described. The kit is provided with a subsea tree, a plurality of tubing sections, a plurality of acoustic repeaters and a mechanical filter. The subsea tree is configured to be coupled to a subsea well having a wellbore. The tubing sections are configured to be connected together to form a tubing string extending from above the tree into the wellbore. The acoustic repeaters are configured to be attached to the tubing string in a spaced apart manner. One of the acoustic repeaters is a last acoustic repeater configured to be attached to the tubing string within or above the tree. The mechanical filter is configured to be connected into the tubing string and form a part of the tubing string above the last acoustic repeater, the mechanical filter configured to cause an attenuation to acoustic signals propagating in the tubing string above the tree.

    Abstract translation: 描述了海底安装套件。 该套件设置有海底树,多个管段,多个声转发器和机械过滤器。 海底树构造成与具有井眼的海底井相连。 管段被构造成连接在一起以形成从树上方延伸到井眼中的管柱。 声学中继器被配置为以间隔开的方式附接到油管柱。 声中继器之一是最后的声学中继器,其构造成附接到树中或树上的管柱。 机械过滤器被配置成连接到油管柱中,并形成在最后的声转发器之上的油管柱的一部分,机械过滤器被配置成对在树上方的油管柱中传播的声信号进行衰减。

    Systems and methods for downhole cement evaluation

    公开(公告)号:US09822627B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-21

    申请号:US14366676

    申请日:2012-12-20

    Inventor: Benoit Froelich

    Abstract: Systems and methods for cement evaluation by determining a shear velocity of a shear wave (26) propagating within a medium (20) located between a formation (12) and a casing (13) in a borehole (11) are presented. The method can include positioning an ultrasonic transducer array (21) in the borehole inside the casing. The method can also include in a pushing mode, generating a shear wave in the medium with the ultrasonic transducer array inside the casing. The method can also include in an interrogation mode, measuring a shear velocity of the shear wave in the medium with the ultrasonic transducer array. The shear velocity may be used to determine whether the medium is solid or liquid.

    Acoustic transceiver with adjacent mass guided by membranes

    公开(公告)号:US10036244B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-31

    申请号:US14298954

    申请日:2014-06-08

    Abstract: An acoustic transceiver assembly including a housing, an oscillator, and at least one membrane. The housing has at least one inner wall defining a cavity. The housing also has a first end and a second end defining an axis of the acoustic transceiver assembly. The oscillator is provided in the cavity. The oscillator is provided with a transducer element, and a backing mass acoustically coupled to the transducer element. The at least one membrane extends outward from the backing mass to support at least the backing mass within the cavity. The at least one membrane is flexible in an axial direction parallel to the axis of the acoustic transceiver assembly to permit the backing mass to oscillate in the axial direction, and rigid in a transverse direction to restrict lateral movement of the backing mass relative to the housing.

    Mechanical filter for acoustic telemetry repeater
    7.
    发明授权
    Mechanical filter for acoustic telemetry repeater 有权
    用于声学遥测中继器的机械滤波器

    公开(公告)号:US09441479B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-13

    申请号:US14169477

    申请日:2014-01-31

    CPC classification number: E21B47/16 E21B17/01 E21B33/035 E21B34/04 E21B41/0007

    Abstract: A subsea installation kit is described. The kit is provided with a subsea tree, a plurality of tubing sections, a plurality of acoustic repeaters and a mechanical filter. The subsea tree is configured to be coupled to a subsea well having a wellbore. The tubing sections are configured to be connected together to form a tubing string extending from above the tree into the wellbore. The acoustic repeaters are configured to be attached to the tubing string in a spaced apart manner. One of the acoustic repeaters is a last acoustic repeater configured to be attached to the tubing string within or above the tree. The mechanical filter is configured to be connected into the tubing string and form a part of the tubing string above the last acoustic repeater, the mechanical filter configured to cause an attenuation to acoustic signals propagating in the tubing string above the tree.

    Abstract translation: 描述了海底安装套件。 该套件设置有海底树,多个管段,多个声转发器和机械过滤器。 海底树构造成与具有井眼的海底井相连。 管段被构造成连接在一起以形成从树上方延伸到井眼中的管柱。 声学中继器被配置为以间隔开的方式附接到油管柱。 声中继器之一是最后的声学中继器,其构造成附接到树中或树上的管柱。 机械过滤器被配置为连接到油管柱中,并形成在最后的声中继器上方的油管柱的一部分,机械过滤器被配置成对在树上方的油管柱中传播的声信号进行衰减。

    Acoustic Transceiver with Adjacent Mass Guided by Membranes
    8.
    发明申请
    Acoustic Transceiver with Adjacent Mass Guided by Membranes 审中-公开
    带有相邻质量的声收发器

    公开(公告)号:US20140286130A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-25

    申请号:US14298954

    申请日:2014-06-08

    Abstract: An acoustic transceiver assembly including a housing, an oscillator, and at least one membrane. The housing has at least one inner wall defining a cavity. The housing also has a first end and a second end defining an axis of the acoustic transceiver assembly. The oscillator is provided in the cavity. The oscillator is provided with a transducer element, and a backing mass acoustically coupled to the transducer element. The at least one membrane extends outward from the backing mass to support at least the backing mass within the cavity. The at least one membrane is flexible in an axial direction parallel to the axis of the acoustic transceiver assembly to permit the backing mass to oscillate in the axial direction, and rigid in a transverse direction to restrict lateral movement of the backing mass relative to the housing.

    Abstract translation: 一种声收发器组件,包括壳体,振荡器和至少一个膜。 壳体具有限定空腔的至少一个内壁。 壳体还具有限定声收发器组件的轴线的第一端和第二端。 振荡器设置在空腔中。 振荡器设置有换能器元件和声耦合到换能器元件的背衬质量。 至少一个膜从背衬材料向外延伸,以至少支撑在腔内的背衬质量。 所述至少一个膜在平行于声收发器组件的轴线的轴向上是柔性的,以允许背衬质量在轴向方向上振动,并且在横向上是刚性的,以限制背衬组件相对于壳体的横向移动 。

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