Discrete perforating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025109678-A1
Application number	US-202418899776-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 27, 2024
Priority date	Sep 28, 2023
Publication date	Apr 3, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method that includes receiving ultra-deep azimuthal resistivity (UDAR) measurements from a downhole tool within a geological formation. The method also includes determining a data processing window based on a relative location of a transmitter of the downhole tool with respect to a location of one or more components of the downhole tool. Further, the method includes performing a three-dimensional (3D) inversion of the UDAR measurements based on the relative location of the transmitter. Further still, the method includes generating an anisotropic resistivity distribution and relative formation dip output based on the 3D inversion.

First claim

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving ultra-deep azimuthal resistivity (UDAR) measurements from a downhole tool within a geological formation; determining a data processing window based on a relative location of a transmitter of the downhole tool with respect to a location of one or more components of the downhole tool; performing a three-dimensional (3D) inversion of the UDAR measurements based on the relative location of the transmitter; and generating an anisotropic resistivity distribution output based on the 3D inversion.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a formation dip based on the anisotropic resistivity distribution output.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the anisotropic resistivity distribution output comprises a model of the formation.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the anisotropic resistivity distribution output comprises saturation of a volume within the geological formation.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the 3D inversion is a voxel-based inversion.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the anisotropic resistivity distribution output comprises updating a visualization of the geological formation in substantially real-time.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the 3D inversion comprises utilizing a full 3D EM solver, at each iteration of the inversion process, to generate tool responses until a substantial match with the acquired electromagnetic measurements is achieved.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the three-dimensional (3D) inversion of the UDAR measurements based on the relative location of the transmitter comprises utilizing an iterative solver.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data processing window is at least 1.5 times a receiver antenna spacing of the downhole tool.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the 3D inversion comprises determining a regularization constant in each iteration of the 3D inversion using Occam's method or any ad-hoc cost function reducing parameter search methods.

11 . A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium configured to store instructions executable by processing circuitry, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to cause the processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:
receiving ultra-deep azimuthal resistivity (UDAR) measurements from a downhole tool within a geological formation; determining a data processing window based on a relative location of a transmitter of the downhole tool with respect to a location of one or more components of the downhole tool; performing a three-dimensional (3D) inversion of the UDAR measurements based on the relative location of the transmitter; and generating an anisotropic resistivity distribution output based on the 3D inversion.

12 . The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform the 3D inversion by utilizing a Jacobi preconditioning.

13 . The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the data processing window is at least 1.5 times a receiver antenna spacing.

14 . The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform the 3D inversion by utilizing equal L1-regularization along all dimensions of the volume and using previous inversion results for a current tool position of the downhole tool.

15 . The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein performing the 3D inversion comprises applying a Jacobian matrix applied to the electromagnetic measurements.

16 . The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein performing the 3D inversion comprises utilizing electromagnetic measurements acquired every 1/10 or less of a distance between a transmitter and a receiver of the downhole tool.

17 . A system, comprising:
an electromagnetic downhole tool configured to generate electromagnetic measurements associated with a volume within a geological formation; a data processing system communicatively coupled to the electromagnetic downhole tool, wherein the data processing system comprises one or more processors, wherein the data processing system is configured to:
receive ultra-deep azimuthal resistivity (UDAR) measurements from a downhole tool within a geological formation;
determine a data processing window based on a relative location of a transmitter of the downhole tool with respect to a location of one or more components of the downhole tool;
perform a three-dimensional (3D) inversion of the UDAR measurements based on the relative location of the transmitter; and
generate an anisotropic resistivity distribution output based on the 3D inversion.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the data processing system is configured to display a visualization of the volume of the geological formation based on the anisotropic resistivity distribution output.

19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the data processing system is configured to perform the 3D inversion by utilizing a full 3D EM solver to substantially match the electromagnetic measurements.

20 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the anisotropic resistivity output comprises an updated 3D voxel-based model of a volume of the geological formation.

21 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the data processing system is configured to perform the 3D inversion by using an iterative solver.

Assignees

• Schlumberger Technology Corp

Inventors

• Omar Saad
• Liang Lin

Classifications

• G01V20/00

  Geomodelling in general · CPC title

• G01V3/38

  Processing data, e.g. for analysis, for interpretation, for correction · CPC title

• G01V3/30 Primary

  operating with electromagnetic waves · CPC title

• E21B47/026

  of penetrated ground layers · CPC title

• E21B49/087

  Well testing, e.g. testing for reservoir productivity or formation parameters · CPC title