Method of imaging using azimuthally resolved NMR while drilling

    公开(公告)号:US11531135B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US17025577

    申请日:2020-09-18

    摘要: A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensor and methods and systems for use are provided. The method comprises disposing a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensor into a borehole, the NMR sensor comprising a magnet assembly to create a static magnetic field and a first transversal-dipole antenna having an azimuthally selective response function. The method further comprises, while rotating the NMR sensor, initiating azimuthally selective NMR excitation in at least one sensitivity region at a first frequency using the first transversal-dipole antenna and the magnet assembly, wherein the at least one sensitivity region is determined by the static magnetic field and the RF magnetic field. The method then comprises acquiring one or more azimuthally selective NMR signals at the first frequency using the first transversal-dipole antenna.

    Determining sub-surface formation wettability characteristics utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance and bulk fluid measurements

    公开(公告)号:US11353619B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16335988

    申请日:2018-04-11

    IPC分类号: G01V3/32 G01N24/08 G01R33/44

    摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a method of determining wettability characteristics of a sub-surface formation within a wellbore utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and bulk fluid measurements at various stages of fluid saturation at that wellbore location. In another aspect, the pumping pressure is incrementally changed within the wellbore, measuring injection fluid and hydrocarbon saturation data values between the incremental pump pressure changes. In another aspect, a measuring and sampling tool is disclosed to execute the method and produce wettability characteristics. In another aspect, a system is disclosed that can operate NMR devices, bulk fluid equipment, pump systems, and other devices to collect data and to determine wettability characteristics on the collected data.

    Temperature correction of NMR relaxation time distributions

    公开(公告)号:US10969513B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16377469

    申请日:2019-04-08

    发明人: Wei Shao Songhua Chen

    IPC分类号: G01V3/38 G01V3/32 G01N24/08

    摘要: A method includes generating a temperature-corrected nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement-derived value corresponding to a target temperature using at least one of a dimension-reduction operation or a parameter-correlation operation based on a difference between the target temperature and a sample temperature. The method also includes determining a formation property based on the temperature-corrected NMR measurement-derived value corresponding to the target temperature.

    Oil viscosity prediction
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    公开(公告)号:US10379249B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15300470

    申请日:2015-12-01

    摘要: Various embodiments include a method for determining a viscosity for heavy oil in a formation by obtaining viscosity data and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation time distribution data for a plurality of oil samples. A correlation is determined between a set of viscosity data for the plurality of oil samples and an NMR relaxation time geometric mean for the plurality of oil samples. An NMR relaxation time geometric mean intrinsic value is determined based on the correlation, apparent hydrogen index, and TE. Electromagnetic energy may then be transmitted into a formation and NMR relaxation time distributions determined for oil in the formation based on secondary electromagnetic field responses associated with the electromagnetic energy. A viscosity of the oil in the formation may then be determined based a correlation between the set of viscosity data and the NMR relaxation time geometric mean intrinsic value of the distribution data.

    Apparatus and method for obtaining T2 distribution

    公开(公告)号:US10338268B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US15546173

    申请日:2016-04-14

    发明人: Songhua Chen Wei Shao

    IPC分类号: G01V3/32 G01R33/44 G01N24/08

    摘要: A method for determining earth formation properties including a data acquisition tool and a data acquisition processor coupled with NMR sensors and a first memory; transmitting earth formation fluid data to a data processing unit comprising a processor and a second memory. Obtaining a fully polarized state echo train (EFR) and a partially polarized state echo train burst (EPR); inverting the EPR to obtain an apparent transverse relaxation time (T2app) distribution; truncating the T2app distribution by discarding the partially polarized state echo train data; completing a forward model of the EPR to obtain an additional echo train burst (EFR_B), performing a second inversion of the data set; and determining earth formation fluid properties.

    Methods and systems employing NMR-based prediction of pore throat size distributions

    公开(公告)号:US10324222B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15023522

    申请日:2015-02-26

    发明人: Songhua Chen Wei Shao

    摘要: Systems, methods, and software for predicting a pore throat size distribution are described. A representative method includes obtaining a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation-time distribution data set. The method also includes training a radial basis function (RBF) model based on the NMR relaxation-time distribution data set and a measured pore throat size distribution data set. The method also includes obtaining a subsequent NMR relaxation-time distribution data set. The method also includes employing the trained RBF model to predict a pore throat size distribution data set based at least in part on the subsequent NMR relaxation-time distribution data set. The method also includes storing or displaying a predicted pore throat size distribution corresponding to the predicted pore throat size distribution data set. The predicted pore throat size distribution is associated with a rock sample or subsurface formation volume.