E21B47/026

Tilted angle selection of collocated antennas on downhole resistivity tools

A method comprises determining a plurality of responses at a plurality of tilted angles for multiple coils of a collocated antenna assembly based on at least one coil parameter of the collocated antenna assembly, wherein the at least one coil parameter comprises at least one of a number of coil turns, a coil size, and a number of coils. The method includes determining crosstalk between the multiple coils at each of the plurality of tilted angles from the plurality of responses. The method includes determining a signal-to-noise ratio for each of the plurality of tilted angles based on the crosstalk. The method also includes selecting a tilted angle for the collocated antenna assembly corresponding to an optimal signal-to-noise ratio of the determined signal-to-noise ratios.

Tilted angle selection of collocated antennas on downhole resistivity tools

A method comprises determining a plurality of responses at a plurality of tilted angles for multiple coils of a collocated antenna assembly based on at least one coil parameter of the collocated antenna assembly, wherein the at least one coil parameter comprises at least one of a number of coil turns, a coil size, and a number of coils. The method includes determining crosstalk between the multiple coils at each of the plurality of tilted angles from the plurality of responses. The method includes determining a signal-to-noise ratio for each of the plurality of tilted angles based on the crosstalk. The method also includes selecting a tilted angle for the collocated antenna assembly corresponding to an optimal signal-to-noise ratio of the determined signal-to-noise ratios.

REAL-TIME WELL TRAJECTORY PROJECTION USING STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
20230145859 · 2023-05-11 ·

Systems and methods for stochastically projecting a well trajectory of a bottom hole assembly in a subsurface formation, where the bottom hole assembly includes one or more transducers, a trajectory controller coupled to the bottom hole assembly, an information handling system coupled to the transducers, and the information system includes a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing one or more instructions that, when executed, causes the processor to receive a first one or more system model parameters from a system model parameter probability distribution; receive a first one or more steering inputs; receive a first one or more values corresponding to the bottom hole assembly initial conditions from the one or more transducers at a first position within a subsurface formation; and stochastically project a trajectory of the bottom hole assembly from the first position within the subsurface formation to a second position within the subsurface formation.

REAL-TIME WELL TRAJECTORY PROJECTION USING STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
20230145859 · 2023-05-11 ·

Systems and methods for stochastically projecting a well trajectory of a bottom hole assembly in a subsurface formation, where the bottom hole assembly includes one or more transducers, a trajectory controller coupled to the bottom hole assembly, an information handling system coupled to the transducers, and the information system includes a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing one or more instructions that, when executed, causes the processor to receive a first one or more system model parameters from a system model parameter probability distribution; receive a first one or more steering inputs; receive a first one or more values corresponding to the bottom hole assembly initial conditions from the one or more transducers at a first position within a subsurface formation; and stochastically project a trajectory of the bottom hole assembly from the first position within the subsurface formation to a second position within the subsurface formation.

Dip correction for non-circular borehole and off-center logging

A method includes deploying a logging tool in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation, the logging tool having a transmitter and a receiver, wherein a condition that is present during logging comprises at least one of a shape of the borehole is non-circular and the logging tool is off-center within the borehole. The method includes emitting, by the transmitter, a signal into subsurface formation and detecting, by the receiver, a response to the signal being propagated through the subsurface formation. The method includes creating, from the response, a borehole image that includes features in the subsurface formation and correcting the features, wherein correcting the features comprises mapping points of a non-circular shape in the borehole image into a plane substantially perpendicular to an axis of the borehole.

Dip correction for non-circular borehole and off-center logging

A method includes deploying a logging tool in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation, the logging tool having a transmitter and a receiver, wherein a condition that is present during logging comprises at least one of a shape of the borehole is non-circular and the logging tool is off-center within the borehole. The method includes emitting, by the transmitter, a signal into subsurface formation and detecting, by the receiver, a response to the signal being propagated through the subsurface formation. The method includes creating, from the response, a borehole image that includes features in the subsurface formation and correcting the features, wherein correcting the features comprises mapping points of a non-circular shape in the borehole image into a plane substantially perpendicular to an axis of the borehole.

Tool for azimuthal resistivity measurement and bed boundary detection

Systems and methods for performing bed boundary detection and azimuthal resistivity logging using a logging tool with a pair of tilted receiver antennas having a midpoint on a longitudinal axis of the logging tool, a first pair of transmitter antennas symmetrically spaced from said midpoint, and a third tilted receiver antenna positioned farther from said midpoint than the transmitter antennas. Method embodiments include energizing each transmitter antenna of the first pair in a firing sequence and obtaining, responsive to the energizing, measurements with a pair of tilted receiver antennas equally spaced from said midpoint. Methods may also include obtaining, responsive to energizing of a more distant one of the first pair of transmitter antennas, measurements with a third tilted receiver antenna positioned farther from the midpoint than the transmitter antennas.

Tool for azimuthal resistivity measurement and bed boundary detection

Systems and methods for performing bed boundary detection and azimuthal resistivity logging using a logging tool with a pair of tilted receiver antennas having a midpoint on a longitudinal axis of the logging tool, a first pair of transmitter antennas symmetrically spaced from said midpoint, and a third tilted receiver antenna positioned farther from said midpoint than the transmitter antennas. Method embodiments include energizing each transmitter antenna of the first pair in a firing sequence and obtaining, responsive to the energizing, measurements with a pair of tilted receiver antennas equally spaced from said midpoint. Methods may also include obtaining, responsive to energizing of a more distant one of the first pair of transmitter antennas, measurements with a third tilted receiver antenna positioned farther from the midpoint than the transmitter antennas.

Device, system and method for correlating core sample zones with actual subterranean depth
11680874 · 2023-06-20 · ·

Disclosed herein is a device and method for correlating core sample zones with an actual subterranean depth. The disclosed device has a pair of independent distance measuring devices operably in communication with a core sample apparatus where a first distance measuring device measures the length of a core sample entering a core sampling tube and a second distance measuring device measures a drive depth of the core sampling tube entering into the ground. A processing unit is provided for correlating the two distances so as to allow a determination as to the actual depth below ground from where a given zone of the core sample is extracted.

GEOSTEERING BY ADJUSTABLE COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS

Systems and methods for drilling a borehole into the earth are provided. The systems and methods include drilling a first portion of a borehole with a drilling system comprising a disintegrating device, the first portion extending from the surface to a subsurface reference point, wherein steering within the first portion is performed based on a first coordinate system with a first origin, creating a second coordinate system, wherein the second coordinate system has a second origin that is related to subsurface reference point, and drilling a second portion of the borehole with the drilling system, wherein steering within the second portion is performed based on the second coordinate system.