Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Estimation of fracture properties based on borehole fluid data and acoustic imaging
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Application No.: US15483386Application Date: 2017-04-10
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Publication No.: US10648329B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Nicklas Ritzmann , Frank Walles , Alex Bruns , David Gadzhimirzaev , Sergey Kotov
- Applicant: Nicklas Ritzmann , Frank Walles , Alex Bruns , David Gadzhimirzaev , Sergey Kotov
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
- Current Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: E21B49/08
- IPC: E21B49/08 ; G01V1/28 ; E21B43/26 ; G01V1/42

Abstract:
A method of estimating one or more properties of an earth formation includes acquiring formation fluid data indicative of a qualitative property of a formation fluid in a near-field region of an earth formation surrounding a borehole, the near field region including a surface of the borehole, and acquiring acoustic data based on acoustic signals transmitted into a far-field region of the formation, and estimating a property of one or more fractures in the far-field region based on the acoustic data. The method also includes combining the formation fluid data and the acoustic data, and estimating, by a processing device, at least one fracture characteristic of the formation in the near-field region and the far-field region based on the combined data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180291734A1 ESTIMATION OF FRACTURE PROPERTIES BASED ON BOREHOLE FLUID DATA AND ACOUSTIC IMAGING Public/Granted day:2018-10-11
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