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US09447681B2 Apparatus, program product, and methods of evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and a downhole broadband transmitting system
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设备,程序产品,以及使用井下声学传感器和井下宽带传输系统进行钻井时评估岩石性质的方法
- Patent Title: Apparatus, program product, and methods of evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and a downhole broadband transmitting system
- Patent Title (中): 设备,程序产品,以及使用井下声学传感器和井下宽带传输系统进行钻井时评估岩石性质的方法
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Application No.: US13554077Application Date: 2012-07-20
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Publication No.: US09447681B2Publication Date: 2016-09-20
- Inventor: Yunlai Yang
- Applicant: Yunlai Yang
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Bracewell LLP
- Agent Constance G. Rhebergen; Brian H. Tompkins
- Main IPC: G01V1/40
- IPC: G01V1/40 ; E21B49/00

Abstract:
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and program code for identifying rock properties in real-time during drilling, are provided. An example of an embodiment of such an apparatus includes a downhole sensor subassembly connected between a drill bit and a drill string, acoustic sensors operably coupled to a downhole data interface, and a surface computer operably coupled to the downhole data interface. The computer can include a petrophysical properties analyzing program configured or otherwise adapted to perform various operations including receiving raw acoustic sensor data generated real-time as a result of rotational contact of the drill bit with rock during drilling, transforming the raw acoustic sensor data into the frequency domain, filtering the transformed data, deriving a plurality of acoustic characteristics from the filtered data and deriving petrophysical properties from the filtered data utilizing a petrophysical properties evaluation algorithm employable to predict one or more petrophysical properties of rock undergoing drilling.
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