Abstract:
A method for obtaining full tensor gain compensated propagation measurements includes processing a full tensor voltage measurement to obtain a fully gain compensated tensor quantity. An electromagnetic logging tool including at least first and second axially spaced transmitters and at least first and second axially spaced receivers is rotated in a subterranean borehole. A plurality of voltage measurements are acquired while rotating to obtain a full tensor voltage measurement which is in turn processed to obtain the fully gain compensated tensor quantity.
Abstract:
Methods for curing lost circulation in a subterranean well comprise the use of a first and a second lost circulation material. The first lost circulation material is added during the initial preparation of a process fluid. The second process fluid is added to the process fluid at a later time as the process fluid is being pumped into the subterranean well. The first lost circulation may comprise granular or lamellar particles or both. The second lost circulation material may comprise fibers, ribbons or both.
Abstract:
A system for deploying cable that includes a housing. The housing is configured to receive circulating lubricant, and a drive assembly is located within the housing. The drive assembly includes a first gripper portion and a second gripper portion. The grips portions are supported by independent frames. An actuator is connected with one of the frames. The actuator provides force that causes the gripper portions to engage and cooperate to support and deploy cable.
Abstract:
A technique facilitates selectively disengaging a running string from a lateral tube assembly. The running string comprises a running sub which is engageable with the lateral tube assembly. The running string further comprises a window finder which is positioned to extend into a main bore casing window when the running string is deployed downhole with the lateral tube assembly. Additionally, the running string comprises an extension sub which is coupled to the window finder. The extension sub is selectively extensible to disengage the window finder from the main bore casing prior to release of the running sub from the lateral tube assembly via a release force applied through the running string.
Abstract:
A method for performing simulation of a field having a subterranean formation, including: obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) porous solid image of a core sample, the core sample representing a portion of the field; generating a digital rock model from the solid image, the digital rock model describing a physical pore structure in the core sample; obtaining phase behavior data of fluids of the field; generating a digital fluid model of the fluids based on the phase behavior data, the digital fluid model describing a physical property of the fluid; performing, on a computer system and based on the digital rock model and the digital fluid model, simulations of the field by varying an input parameter for the simulations; and analyzing an output parameter generated by the simulations to determine an effect of varying the input parameter on the output parameter.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for analyzing solubility of asphaltenes of a hydrocarbon fluid sample involves a sequence of operations including: i) performing microfluidic mixing operations that form a mixture that includes the hydrocarbon fluid sample, a solvent that dissolves asphaltenes and a precipitant that precipitates asphaltenes; ii) using microfluidic processes that result in precipitation of asphaltenes from the mixture resulting from i); iii) performing microfluidic filtering operations that remove precipitated asphaltenes resulting from ii) and passes permeate; and iv) performing optical spectroscopy on the permeate resulting from iii). The operations of i) - iv) can be repeated over iterations that vary the amount of solvent relative to the precipitant in the mixture. These iterations can cause varying fractional precipitation of asphaltenes in each given iteration.
Abstract:
A downhole tool includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member. The outer tubular member may have one or more screens coupled thereto, a packer coupled thereto, and a shunt tube isolation valve coupled thereto. A first sleeve may be coupled to the packer and move from a first position to a second position. The packer may actuate into a set state when the first sleeve is moved to the second position, and the packer may isolate first and second portions of an annulus from one another when in the set state. A shunt tube may be coupled to the packer and provide a path of fluid communication from the first portion of the annulus, through the packer, and to the second portion of the annulus when the packer is in the set state.
Abstract:
Saturation-height functions in oil and gas reservoirs are determined using methods that include quantifying the microporosity of the subterranean formation; determining the distribution of facies and microporosity as a function of depth; and calculating the saturation-height function for a given formation.
Abstract:
An apparatus is provided for extracting slowness dispersion characteristics of sonic wave forms in broadband acoustic waves received by multiple sensors including means to digitize the sonic wave forms to form discrete time wave forms and converting the discrete time wave forms into frequency domain wave forms and means to divide a processing band of the wave forms into frequency sub-bands. For each sub-band approximating a family of candidate dispersion curves for multiple modes, parameterizing each of the curves by phase and group slowness, and forming a frequency dependent over-complete dictionary of basis elements, each corresponding to a pair of phase and group slownesses. In addition, forming multiple measurement vectors from the frequency domain data and implementing a sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) algorithm on the vectors with a block sparse signal model and outputting the results. Also, a means for generating a final dispersion curve.
Abstract:
A well system includes a first fluidic modulator (FM) located at the bottom of the tubular string and a repeater fluidic modulator (FM) located in the tubular string between the first FM and the surface, the repeater FM including a body forming a flow aperture between an inlet and an outlet, the flow aperture providing a constriction to a fluid flowing axially through the tubular string, and a moveable portion operable to alter the flow aperture. To create a modulated pressure pulse the moveable portion may be for example radially shifted in the flow aperture, rotated in the flow aperture, or the rotation of the moveable portion in the flow aperture may be controlled.