Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for analyzing cement integrity in cased wells using sonic logging
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Application No.: US15575108Application Date: 2016-05-18
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Publication No.: US10705056B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Ting Lei , Bikash Kumar Sinha , Smaine Zeroug
- Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- International Application: PCT/US2016/032963 WO 20160518
- International Announcement: WO2016/187240 WO 20161124
- Main IPC: G01N29/44
- IPC: G01N29/44 ; E21B47/00 ; G01N29/04 ; G01N29/265 ; E21B47/14 ; G01N29/07 ; G01N29/11 ; G01V1/50 ; E21B33/14

Abstract:
Methods are provided for identifying a cementation status of a multi-string cased wellbore utilizing sonic tools with monopole and/or dipole transmitters and with an array of sonic receivers axially displaced from the transmitter(s). The sonic tool is used to record waveforms. The waveforms are then processed to generate slowness and/or attenuation dispersions. The slowness and/or attenuation dispersions are projected onto a slowness and/or attenuation axis, and the results are compared to a data set of projected slowness and/or attenuation dispersions representing a plurality of different multi-string cased wellbore cement status scenarios in order to select the scenario most closely associated with the results. The presence or lack of eccentering of a casing is similarly obtained where the data set includes projected dispersions representing properly centered and ec-centered casings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180156759A1 METHOD FOR ANALYZING CEMENT INTEGRITY IN CASED WELLS USING SONIC LOGGING Public/Granted day:2018-06-07
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