Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromagnetic monitoring with formation-matched resonant induction sensors
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Application No.: US15500879Application Date: 2015-07-22
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Publication No.: US10711602B2Publication Date: 2020-07-14
- Inventor: Burkay Donderici , Luis E. San Martin , Tasneem A. Mandviwala
- Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Parker Justiss, P.C.
- Agent Thomas Rooney
- International Application: PCT/US2015/041580 WO 20150722
- International Announcement: WO2017/014773 WO 20170126
- Main IPC: E21B49/00
- IPC: E21B49/00 ; E21B47/113 ; E21B47/135 ; G01V3/28

Abstract:
A method of monitoring electromagnetic properties of a subsurface formation may include: obtaining a resistivity distribution in the subsurface formation; identifying sensor positions along a borehole; determining an effective resistivity of each region around a sensor position; deriving from the effective resistivities of regions associated with each sensor position an optimum resonance frequency; tuning an array of sensors to provide each sensor with the optimum resonance frequency; deploying the sensor array in the borehole; and collecting electromagnetic field measurements. Each sensor may include: a coil antenna positioned in a subsurface formation having a resistivity, the coil antenna generating a induced voltage signal from an electromagnetic field in the subsurface formation; and a resonant modulation circuit that converts the induced voltage signal into a telemetry signal, the resonant modulation circuit having a resonance frequency optimized for said formation resistivity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170218752A1 Electromagnetic Monitoring with Formation-Matched Resonant Induction Sensors Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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