Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-situ determination of yield stress state of earth formations
- Patent Title (中): 地层屈服应力状态的原位测定
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Application No.: US11924388Application Date: 2007-10-25
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Publication No.: US07649804B2Publication Date: 2010-01-19
- Inventor: Bikash K. Sinha
- Applicant: Bikash K. Sinha
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agent Helene Raybaud; James McAleenan; Jody Lynn DeStefanis
- Main IPC: G01V1/00
- IPC: G01V1/00

Abstract:
Determination of in-situ rock yield stress state of a geological formation surrounding a borehole includes determining a profile for each of an axial effective, a radial effective, and a hoop effective stress within at least one axial plane containing a borehole axis. A predicted radial shear response radial profile is calculated from the effective stresses within the at least one axial plane. A measurement-based estimate of a shear response radial profile within the at least one axial plane is determined from measured data. A maximum radial distance at which a difference between the predicted and measurement-based shear response radial profiles is identified within the at least one axial plane as being greater than a difference threshold. The respective axial, radial, and hoop stresses, are determined at the identified maximum radial distance. The identified stresses are indicative of an in-situ yield stress state of the rock.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090109794A1 IN-SITU DETERMINATION OF YIELD STRESS STATE OF EARTH FORMATIONS Public/Granted day:2009-04-30
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