Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes drilling a wellbore in a formation with a drilling tool. The method further includes receiving electromagnetic radiation using an opto-analytical device coupled to the drilling tool. The method also includes detecting vibrations associated with drilling the wellbore based on the received electromagnetic radiation.
Abstract:
Methods of identifying rock properties in real-time during drilling, are provided. An example of such a method includes connecting a downhole sensor subassembly (104) between a drill bit (101) and a drill string (117), operably coupling acoustic sensors (102) to a downhole data interface (103), and operably coupling a surface computer (124) to the downhole data interface (103), The method can also include receiving raw acoustic sensor data generated real-time as a result of rotational contact of the drill bit (101) with rock during drilling, transforming the raw data into the frequency domain, filtering the transformed data, and deriving a plurality of acoustic characteristics (114) from the filtered data (301), This can be performed by a petrophysical properties (115) analyzing program (112) stored in memory (122) of the computer (124). The method can also include deriving petrophysical properties (115) from the filtered data (301) utilizing a petrophysical properties evaluation algorithm (303) employable to predict one or more petrophysical properties (115) of rock undergoing drilling.