Geomechanical logging tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9482087-B2
Application number	US-201313857620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2013
Priority date	Apr 13, 2012
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus including a body having a central axis defined therethrough, at least one extendable arm coupled to the body, and a mechanical property tester coupled to the at least one extendable arm, the mechanical property tester configured to penetrate a surface of a borehole and to measure one or more mechanical properties of the surface of the borehole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a body having a central axis defined therethrough;
at least one extendable arm coupled to the body; and
a geomechanical property tester having a plurality of transducers on a sharp tip of the geomechanical property tester wherein the geomechanical property tester is coupled to the at least one extendable arm, the geomechanical property tester configured to penetrate a surface of a borehole and to measure one or more geomechanical properties of the surface of the borehole; wherein the sharp tip of the geomechanical property tester is configured to be forced into the surface of the borehole to create an indentation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an imaging tool coupled to the body, wherein the imaging tool is configured to map a surface of the borehole.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the imaging tool comprises one of resistivity, an ultrasonic transducer, a gamma ray source and receiver, and a dielectric antenna.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a length of the at least one extendable arm is adjustable.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of transducers is configured to measure friction between the geomechanical property tester and the surface of the borehole.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one extendable arm is a caliper arm configured to measure a shape of a borehole.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one extendable arm is used to measure geomechanical properties of the surface of the borehole along at least one of the axial, circumferential, and radial directions of the borehole.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more geomechanical properties of the surface of the borehole includes at least one of Rockwell Hardness, shear, elastic modulus, and compressional stress.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of geomechanical testers are coupled to the same extendable arm.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the geomechanical property tester measures a force used to create the indentation and the force is related to the geomechanical properties of a formation.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the geomechanical property tester includes a rod with a sharp tip.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the indentation is one of a circular indentation or a long deformation channel extending along a length of a borehole.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the long deformation channel is radial or helical in shape.

14. A method comprising:
disposing a measurement tool within a borehole;
extending a geomechanical property tester of the measurement tool toward a surface of the borehole, wherein the geomechanical property tester comprises a plurality of transducers on a sharp tip of the geomechanical property tester;
penetrating the surface of the borehole with the geomechanical property tester; wherein the sharp tip of the geomechanical property tester is configured to be forced into the surface of the borehole to create an indentation; and
measuring one or more geomechanical properties of the surface of the borehole.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the measurement tool includes at least one extendable arm coupled to a body of the measurement tool and coupled to the geomechanical property tester, wherein the at least one extendable arm is extendable radially away from the body.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein measuring one or more geomechanical properties of the borehole includes measuring a shape of the borehole using the at least one extendable arm.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more geomechanical properties of the surface of the borehole includes hardness, compressional, elastic modulus, or shear stress.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein measuring one or more geomechanical properties of the surface of the borehole includes taking measurements along at least one of the axial, circumferential and radial directions of the borehole.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more geomechanical properties are displayed in a log.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein measuring one or more geomechanical properties of the borehole includes generating a geomechanical property image of the borehole.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein penetrating the surface of the borehole with the geomechanical property tester includes a plurality of individual stationary penetrations along the surface of the borehole by the geomechanical property tester.

22. The method of claim 14 , wherein penetrating the surface of the borehole with the geomechanical property tester includes continuous contact between the geomechanical property tester and the surface of the borehole.

23. The method of claim 14 , wherein measuring one or more geomechanical properties of the borehole occurs during drilling the borehole.

24. The method of claim 14 , wherein measuring one or more geomechanical properties of the borehole occurs after drilling the borehole.

25. The method of claim 14 , further comprising retrieving the measurement tool from within the borehole, wherein measuring one or more geomechanical properties of the borehole occurs during the retrieving of the measurement tool from within the borehole.

26. The method of claim 14 , wherein disposing a measurement tool within a borehole includes at least one of wireline, logging-while-drilling, and coil tubing modes of deployment.

Assignees

• Schlumberger Technology Corp

Inventors

• Badri Mohammed
• Taherian Reza

Classifications

• G01V9/00

  Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups G01V1/00 - G01V8/00 · CPC title

• E21B49/00 Primary

  Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells · CPC title

• G01V11/005 Primary

  Devices for positioning logging sondes with respect to the borehole wall (centralising devices for drilling rods or pipes E21B17/10; setting or locking tools in boreholes E21B23/00; locating objects in boreholes E21B47/09) · CPC title