Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for sensing elongated subterranean anomalies
- Patent Title (中): 用于感测细长地下异常的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13521769Application Date: 2010-06-29
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Publication No.: US09310508B2Publication Date: 2016-04-12
- Inventor: Burkay Donderici , Abbas Sami Eyuboglu , Michael S. Bittar , Clive D. Menezes
- Applicant: Burkay Donderici , Abbas Sami Eyuboglu , Michael S. Bittar , Clive D. Menezes
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Krueger Iselin LLP
- Agent Alan Bryson
- International Application: PCT/US2010/040447 WO 20100629
- International Announcement: WO2012/002937 WO 20120105
- Main IPC: E21B7/04
- IPC: E21B7/04 ; G01V3/12 ; G01V3/30 ; E21B47/0228 ; E21B47/092 ; G01V3/38

Abstract:
Various logging-while-drilling (LWD) systems and methods provide resistivity logging coupled with deep detection of elongated anomalies at acute angles, enabling effective geosteering without disrupting drilling operations and without requiring intervention in the operations of the existing well. One LWD system embodiment employs a tool having tilted antennas as the transmitter and the receiver, where at least one of the antennas is placed in the vicinity of the bit, making it possible to detect existing wells at distances of 50-100 feet. In some cases, the detection distance is increased by enhancing the visibility of the existing well using a contrast fluid treatment on target well, either to fill the bore or to surround the well with treated cement or fluids that invade the formation. At least one inversion method separates the inversion of formation parameters from the inversion of parameters specifying distance, direction, and orientation of the existing well.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130105224A1 Method and Apparatus For Sensing Elongated Subterranean Anomalies Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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