Systems and methods for acquiring orthogonal pairs of waveforms for acoustic well logging

    公开(公告)号:US11181656B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US15838746

    申请日:2017-12-12

    IPC分类号: G01V1/46 G01V1/50

    摘要: A system may obtain orthogonal pairs of acoustic waveforms obtained by a rotating downhole acoustic tool. The downhole tool may include an acoustic transmitter and an acoustic receiver. A computing device communicatively coupled to the downhole tool that instructs the transmitter to generate the various waveforms detected by the acoustic receiver and store the various waveforms in a buffer. Each waveform of a subset of the various waveforms oriented in a similar direction may be stacked to generate a composite waveform with reduced noise. The computing system may determine an orthogonal pair of waveforms based on the composite waveform and remaining waveforms.

    Multi-mode acoustic tool and method

    公开(公告)号:US10859726B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US15555147

    申请日:2016-03-03

    摘要: A downhole acoustic tool and method of use are provided. The acoustic tool includes an acoustic tool body. In addition, a transmitter section located along the acoustic tool body, including four or more transmitters to be driven so as to excite multi-mode waveforms. The acoustic tool further includes an array receiver section located along the acoustic tool body, containing a receiver sub-section comprising four or more receivers axially aligned with the four or more transmitters and spaced axially apart from the transmitter section. The acoustic tool also includes a processor configured to drive the transmitter section to excite multi-mode waveforms and to extract the multi-mode waveforms detected by the receiver section for interpretation of formation properties. A method for measuring a formation using the described acoustic tool is also provided.

    Systems and Methods for Acquiring Orthogonal Pairs of Waveforms for Acoustic Well Logging

    公开(公告)号:US20190179048A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US15838746

    申请日:2017-12-12

    IPC分类号: G01V1/46 G01V1/50

    摘要: A system may obtain orthogonal pairs of acoustic waveforms obtained by a rotating downhole acoustic tool. The downhole tool may include an acoustic transmitter and an acoustic receiver. A computing device communicatively coupled to the downhole tool that instructs the transmitter to generate the various waveforms detected by the acoustic receiver and store the various waveforms in a buffer. Each waveform of a subset of the various waveforms oriented in a similar direction may be stacked to generate a composite waveform with reduced noise. The computing system may determine an orthogonal pair of waveforms based on the composite waveform and remaining waveforms.