Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for determining the resistivity in a formation crossed by a cased well, in which one carries out at least one resistivity log in the cased well and one uses the results of at least one resistivity log in the non-cased well, carried out in the same well previously, in order to, in at least one zone (10) of the formation in which the resistivity has not changed between the cased and non-cased condition, deduce the value of a geometric factor k conditioning the resistivity and for determining, by means of said geometric factor k and the log in the cased well, the resistivity in at least one zone (11) different to the calibration zone, in which the resistivity has varied between the non-cased condition and the cased condition.
Abstract:
An apparatus for determining the resistivity of formation (2) surrounding a borehole comprising: an elongate conductive body (1); a pair of transmitter antennas comprising first and second antennas (3,4) mounted on the body for inducing a current in the formation; and a pair of receiver antennas comprising first and second antennas (5,6) mounted on the body for measuring an axial current running in the tool body at the location of the receivers; wherein the pair of transmitter antennas is located to one side of the pair of receiver antennas.
Abstract:
Process for determining the resistivity (Rt) of a formation (9) surrounding a well (10) equipped with a casing (11) consisting of several casing segments (11.i, 11.s) with an overlapping part (1), and cement (3) in the overlapping part (1), in which a current is injected into the casing (11) to cause a leakage current (I for) into a area (8) of the formation (9) offset from the overlapping part (1), the leakage current (Ifor) in the measurement area (8) is determined and is used to deduce the measured resistivity (Rm) of the formation, a current is injected into the casing (11) to cause a current leakage (Icem) in the cement (3) of the overlapping part (1), the leakage current (Icem) in the cement (3) in the overlapping part (1) is determined, and is used to deduce the measured resistivity (Rcem) of the cement (3), the measured resistivity (Rm) of the formation (9) is corrected using a factor to take account of the measured resistivity (Rcem) of the cement (3) to obtain the resistivity (Rt) of the formation (9). Application particularly to oil exploration.
Abstract:
An apparatus for determining the resistivity of formation surrounding a borehole comprising: an elongate conductive body; a pair of transmitter antennas comprising first and second antennas mounted on the body for inducing a current in the formation; and a pair of receiver antennas comprising first and second antennas mounted on the body for measuring an axial current running in the tool body at the location of the receivers; wherein the pair of transmitter antennas is located to one side of the pair of receiver antennas.