Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fracture evaluation through cased boreholes
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Application No.: US14309351Application Date: 2014-06-19
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Publication No.: US09670770B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Natasa Mekic , Douglas J. Patterson
- Applicant: Natasa Mekic , Douglas J. Patterson
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: E21B47/00
- IPC: E21B47/00 ; E21B47/10 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
A method of estimating fractures in an earth formation includes: disposing an acoustic tool in a cased borehole in an earth formation, the acoustic tool including a multipole acoustic transmitter and an acoustic receiver; transmitting an acoustic signal into the borehole; measuring deep shear wave (DSW) signals generated from shear body waves reflected in the formation in a far-field region of the formation around the borehole; and estimating at least a location and an orientation of a fracture in the formation based on the DSW signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150013974A1 FRACTURE EVALUATION THROUGH CASED BOREHOLES Public/Granted day:2015-01-15
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