Electromagnetic pipe inspection in non-nested completions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11520072-B2
Application number	US-202016780417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2020
Priority date	Feb 3, 2020
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A method and system for estimating parameters of pipes. The method may comprise disposing an electromagnetic (EM) logging tool into a pipe string, creating a log from a first set of one or more measurements, and creating a synthetic model of one or more nested pipes based at least in part on a well plan. The method may further comprise adding a modeled pipe to the synthetic model, estimating one or more parameters of the modeled pipe through model calibration to form a calibrated model, and performing an inversion with the calibrated model to estimate one or more pipe parameters of the pipe string. The system may comprise an electromagnetic logging tool that may comprise a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is a first coil and is operable to transmit an electromagnetic field, and a receiver, wherein the receiver is a second coil and is operable to measure the electromagnetic field.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for estimating parameters of pipes in a pipe string comprising:
disposing an electromagnetic (EM) logging tool into the pipe string;
creating a log from a first set of measurements taken by the EM logging tool in the pipe string;
creating a synthetic model of one or more nested pipes in the pipe string based at least in part on a well plan;
adding a modeled pipe to the synthetic model;
estimating one or more parameters of the modeled pipe; and
performing an inversion with the modeled pipe to estimate one or more pipe parameters of the pipe string.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising disposing the EM logging tool into a second pipe string, wherein the second pipe string and the pipe string are at least partially encircled by one or more casings and creating a second log from a second set of measurements taken by the EM logging tool in the second pipe string.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising inverting the one or more parameters of the modeled pipe to identify a thickness of the pipe string, the second pipe string, and the one or more casings and averaging the thickness of the one or more casings.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inversion minimizes a misfit between the modeled pipe and measurements at a given depth.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying integrity of a casing from a thickness.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurements are multi-channel measurements.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the multi-channel measurements are multi-frequency and multi-spacing measurements.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the EM logging tool is a frequency domain tool or a time-domain tool.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters include thickness, percentage metal loss or gain, magnetic permeability, electrical conductivity, eccentricity, and inner diameter.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimating one or more parameters is performed at one or more calibration points.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein one or more data points are used at the one or more calibration points that correspond to one or more nominal properties of the pipe string.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more calibration points correspond to different pipe zones.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein one of the pipe zones is free space.

14. A system for estimating parameters of pipes in a pipe string comprising:
an electromagnetic logging tool, wherein the electromagnetic (EM) logging tool comprises:
a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is a first coil and transmits an electromagnetic field;
a receiver, wherein the receiver is a second coil and measures the electromagnetic field; and

an information handling system, wherein the information handling system:
creates a multi-channel log from a first set of measurements taken by the EM logging tool in the pipe string;
adds a modeled pipe to a synthetic model, wherein the synthetic model is of one or more nested pipes in the pipe string based at least in part on a well plan;
estimates one or more parameters of the modeled pipe; and
performs an inversion with the modeled pipe to estimate one or more pipe parameters of the pipe string.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the information handling system further creates a second multi-channel log from a second set of measurements taken by the EM logging tool in a second pipe string.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the information handling system further inverts the one or more parameters of the modeled pipe to identify a thickness of the pipe string, the second pipe string, and a casing and averaging the thickness of the casing.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the inversion minimizes a misfit between the modeled pipe and measurements at a given depth.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the information handling system is further identifies integrity of the casing from the thickness.

19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more parameters include thickness, percentage metal loss or gain, magnetic permeability, electrical conductivity, eccentricity, and inner diameter.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the multi-channel log comprises multi-frequency and multi-spacing measurements.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Fouda Ahmed Elsayed

Classifications

• E21B2200/20

  Computer models or simulations, e.g. for reservoirs under production, drill bits · CPC title

• G01B7/10

  using magnetic means, e.g. by measuring change of reluctance · CPC title

• G01B7/13

  Internal diameters · CPC title

• E21B47/085 Primary

  using radiant means, e.g. acoustic, radioactive or electromagnetic · CPC title

• G01N27/041

  of a solid body · CPC title