Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method to create three-dimensional images of non-linear acoustic properties in a region remote from a borehole
- Patent Title (中): 在远离钻孔的区域中产生非线性声学特性的三维图像的系统和方法
-
Application No.: US12463802Application Date: 2009-05-11
-
Publication No.: US08345509B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Cung Vu , Kurt T. Nihei , Denis P. Schmitt , Christopher Skelt , Paul A. Johnson , Robert Guyer , James A. TenCate , Pierre-Yves Le Bas
- Applicant: Cung Vu , Kurt T. Nihei , Denis P. Schmitt , Christopher Skelt , Paul A. Johnson , Robert Guyer , James A. TenCate , Pierre-Yves Le Bas
- Applicant Address: US CA San Ramon US NM Los Alamos
- Assignee: Chevron U.S.A., Inc.,Los Alamos National Security
- Current Assignee: Chevron U.S.A., Inc.,Los Alamos National Security
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Ramon US NM Los Alamos
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Main IPC: G01V1/44
- IPC: G01V1/44 ; G01V1/50 ; G01S1/72

Abstract:
In some aspects of the disclosure, a method for creating three-dimensional images of non-linear properties and the compressional to shear velocity ratio in a region remote from a borehole using a conveyed logging tool is disclosed. In some aspects, the method includes arranging a first source in the borehole and generating a steered beam of elastic energy at a first frequency; arranging a second source in the borehole and generating a steerable beam of elastic energy at a second frequency, such that the steerable beam at the first frequency and the steerable beam at the second frequency intercept at a location away from the borehole; receiving at the borehole by a sensor a third elastic wave, created by a three wave mixing process, with a frequency equal to a difference between the first and second frequencies and a direction of propagation towards the borehole; determining a location of a three wave mixing region based on the arrangement of the first and second sources and on properties of the third wave signal; and creating three-dimensional images of the non-linear properties using data recorded by repeating the generating, receiving and determining at a plurality of azimuths, inclinations and longitudinal locations within the borehole. The method is additionally used to generate three dimensional images of the ratio of compressional to shear acoustic velocity of the same volume surrounding the borehole.
Public/Granted literature
Information query