Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mapping resistivity distribution within the earth
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Application No.: US14013579Application Date: 2013-08-29
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Publication No.: US09651700B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Alberto Marsala , Andrew Dennis Hibbs , Todor Petrov
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company , Groundmetrics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company,Groundmetrics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company,Groundmetrics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran US CA San Diego
- Agency: Bracewell LLP
- Agent Constance G. Rhebergen; Albert B. Kimball, Jr.
- Main IPC: G01V3/26
- IPC: G01V3/26 ; G01V3/08 ; E21B47/00 ; G01V3/30 ; G01V3/18 ; G01V3/38

Abstract:
Resistivity in subsurface earth at locations kilometers away from wells in the reservoirs is mapped and monitored. An electromagnetic source with an electrode is deployed a borehole in the reservoir, and a group of sensors at counter electrodes is deployed at a number of other locations radially spaced at some distance from the well. The source transmits a current which flows to the counter electrodes causing an electromagnetic field which is sensed at the sensors. The source is activated at different depths in the well and ratios of the electromagnetic field sensed with the source at different depths used to obtain data to map the resistivity. The sensors are capable of sensing electromagnetic fields along two orthogonal axes, and the measurements at a sensor along these axes used to reduce undesirable effects of noise and other factors on the data measurements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150061683A1 MAPPING RESISTIVITY DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE EARTH Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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