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- Patent Title: Logging method for locating watered zone in horizontal well with high watercut problem by isotope labeling
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Application No.: US15104194Application Date: 2014-11-24
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Publication No.: US10280736B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Wen Huang , Shuming Peng , Xuejie Wang , Dazhi Qian , Shilei Zhu , Bin Tang , Rundong Li , Zhihua Zhang , Jun Xie , Songbao Zhang , Jian Yao , Yang Zhang , Fang He , Yi Chen , Xin Luo , Yujie Zhu , Hanming Liao , Tianlu Ni , Xijun Yang , Yong Yang , Shubin Guo
- Applicant: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, CHINA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS
- Applicant Address: CN Mianyang, Sichuan
- Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, CHINA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS
- Current Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, CHINA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS
- Current Assignee Address: CN Mianyang, Sichuan
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Priority: CN201310675243 20131213
- International Application: PCT/CN2014/091984 WO 20141124
- International Announcement: WO2015/085855 WO 20150618
- Main IPC: E21B47/04
- IPC: E21B47/04 ; E21B47/10 ; E21B33/12 ; E21B41/00 ; E21B43/12 ; B01D9/00

Abstract:
A logging device and method for locating a watered zone in a horizontal well with high watercut problem by isotope labeling is provided. The method successively includes the following operations: a. solidifying an isotope used in an isotope releasing device into a water-soluble carrier; b. connecting the isotope releasing device with a tubing and setting them to a horizontal segment of the well; c. dissolving the water-soluble carriers in the water at the bottom of the well to release the isotope, wherein the releasing rate is proportional to the flow rate of the water; d. starting a lift-up pump and beginning a production logging; and e. continuously performing γ-ray energy-spectrum analysis on produced water on the ground, so as to locate the watered zone of the horizontal well by the detected species and characteristic content of the isotope, thereby reduces operation risk, saves platform occupying time and logging cost.
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