IP Library Granted Patent US 8,030,936
Granted Patent B2
US 8,030,936 · App. 12/940,828 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

Logging tool with independently energizable transmitters

Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,030,936
App. No.
12/940,828
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A downhole induction resistivity assembly that comprises a downhole tool string component. The tool string component comprises an induction transmitter. The transmitter is adapted to induce an induction field in the surrounding formation. A first induction receiver is spaced apart from the transmitter and is adapted to measure the induction field. A magnetic field generating mechanism is disposed adjacent on either or both sides of the transmitter and adapted to guide the transmitter's signal into the formation. A second induction receiver is disposed in close proximity to the magnetic field generating mechanism and is adapted to measure the magnetic field generated by the mechanism.

Claims (38)

1. A logging tool comprising:

a component configured to be conveyed into a wellbore, said component having a central axis and a length along said central axis, said component including:

at least one transmitter adapted to generate an induction signal and transmit said induction signal into a formation adjacent to said wellbore, said transmitter including a plurality of transmitter units adapted to be independently energized;

a Halbach array proximate said transmitter, said Halbach array being adapted to generate a magnetic field which influences said induction signal;

at least one receiver spaced apart from said transmitter along said length of said component, said receiver being adapted to receive a return induction signal representative of said formation; and,

a cover positioned over at least one of said transmitter and said receiver.

2. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of transmitter units are disposed in at least one recess of said component.

3. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of transmitter units are spaced around said component at a first radial distance.

4. The logging tool of claim 3 , wherein said at least one receiver includes a plurality of receiver units spaced around the component at a second radial distance.

5. The logging tool of claim 4 , wherein said receiver units are configured for independent deactivation.

6. The logging tool of claim 4 , wherein the first radial distance and the second radial distance are equal.

7. The logging tool of claim 4 , wherein said transmitter units and said receiver units are tilted with respect to said central axis of said component.

8. The logging tool of claim 4 , wherein said transmitter units and said receiver units are substantially parallel with respect to said central axis of said component.

9. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein said cover is a plastic.

10. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein said component is configured to conveyed into said wellbore on at least one of a drill string and a wireline.

11. The logging tool of claim 1 , further comprising:

a reference receiver located along said length of said component and between said transmitter and said receiver, said reference receiver being adapted to measure said magnetic field and to generate a magnetic field signal representative of said magnetic field; and

a control loop adapted to receive said magnetic field signal from said reference receiver and to execute a command to said Halbach array to adjust said magnetic field.

12. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said plurality of transmitter units is adapted to generate and transmit said induction signal into a portion of said formation in substantially a single direction.

13. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said plurality of transmitter units is adapted to generate and transmit said induction signal into a portion of said formation associated with a fraction of a circumference of said wellbore.

14. A logging tool comprising:

a component configured to be conveyed into a wellbore, said component having a central axis and a length along said central axis, said component including:

at least one transmitter adapted to generate an induction signal and transmit said induction signal into a formation adjacent to said wellbore, said transmitter including a plurality of transmitter units adapted to be independently energized;

a magnetic field generating mechanism proximate said transmitter, said magnetic field generating mechanism being adapted to generate a magnetic field which influences said induction signal;

at least one receiver spaced apart from said transmitter along said length of said component, said receiver being adapted to receive a return induction signal representative of said formation;

a reference receiver located along said length of said component and between said transmitter and said receiver, said reference receiver being adapted to measure said magnetic field and to generate a magnetic field signal representative of said magnetic field;

a control loop adapted to receive said magnetic field signal from said reference receiver and to execute a command to said magnetic field generating mechanism to adjust said magnetic field; and

a cover positioned over at least one of said transmitter and said receiver.

15. The logging tool of claim 10 , wherein said magnetic field generating mechanism includes a Halbach array.

16. The logging tool of claim 10 , wherein at least one of said plurality of transmitter units is adapted to generate and transmit said induction signal into a portion of said formation in substantially a single direction.

17. The logging tool of claim 10 , wherein at least one of said plurality of transmitter units is adapted to generate and transmit said induction signal into a portion of said formation associated with a fraction of a circumference of said wellbore.

18. A logging tool comprising:

a component configured to be conveyed into a wellbore, said component having with a central axis and a length along said central axis, said component including:

at least one transmitter adapted to generate an induction signal and transmit said induction signal into a formation adjacent to said wellbore, said transmitter including a plurality of transmitter units adapted to be independently energized;

a magnetic field generating mechanism proximate said transmitter, said magnetic field generating mechanism being adapted to generate a magnetic field which influences said induction signal;

at least one of said transmitter and said magnetic field generating mechanism including a Halbach array;

at least one receiver spaced apart from said transmitter along said length of said component, said receiver being adapted to receive a return induction signal representative of said formation; and

a cover positioned over at least one of said transmitter and said receiver.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2010
From: TURNER, PAULA; COOK, CLINT; GEORGE, KATIE; SNYDER, HAROLD
To: NOVADRILL, INC.
Reel/Frame 025327/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2010
From: HALL, DAVID R.
To: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025327/0760 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2010
From: NOVADRILL, INC.
To: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025328/0191 →
Continuity (5)
Division 12341872 · Dec 22, 2008
Continuation 12341771 · Dec 22, 2008
Continuation In Part 11776447 · Jul 11, 2007
Provisional Application 60914619 · Apr 27, 2007
Related Publication 20110068797A1 · Mar 24, 2011