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Granted Patent B2
US 11,656,382 · App. 16/891,646 · Granted May 23, 2023

Leak induced guided wave amplitude log for downhole leakage localization

Inventors: Yao Ge (Singapore, SG); Ruijia Wang (Singapore, SG); Xiang Wu (Singapore, SG); Jing Jin (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
G01V1/50E21B47/117G01V1/46G01V1/52G01V11/002
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Patent No.
US 11,656,382
App. No.
16/891,646
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for identifying a leak for dynamic logging may comprise estimating a Stoneley wave slowness, separating a Stoneley wave into an up-going Stoneley wave and a down-going Stoneley wave, estimating an amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave, identifying a difference between the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave, forming an amplitude summation curve or an amplitude difference curve, and identifying a location of the leak.

Claims (50)

1. A method for identifying a leak for dynamic logging, comprising:

recording one or more acoustic signals as raw data;

estimating a Stoneley wave slowness;

separating a Stoneley wave into an up-going Stoneley wave and a down-going Stoneley wave;

estimating an amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave;

identifying a difference between the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave;

summing the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave to form an amplitude summation curve; and

identifying a location of the leak.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more acoustic signals are recorded by one or more receivers on an acoustic logging tool.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising moving the acoustic logging tool continuously within a wellbore while recording the one or more acoustic signals.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more acoustic signals are recorded by a fiber distributed acoustic sensor system.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location of the leak is found with a cross-zero point of a difference curve.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location of the leak is found with a local maximum on the amplitude summation curve.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising estimating a level of a leak noise by a value of the amplitude summation curve.

8. A method identifying a leak for static logging, comprising:

recording one or more acoustic signals as raw data;

estimating a Stoneley wave slowness;

separating the Stoneley wave slowness in an up-going Stoneley wave and a down-going Stoneley wave;

estimating an amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave;

comparing the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave;

identifying a difference between the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave;

summing the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave to form an amplitude summation curve;

identifying a location of the leak, wherein the location of the leak is found with a local maximum on the amplitude summation curve or a cross-zero point of a difference curve; and

estimating a level of a leak noise by a value of the amplitude summation curve.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more acoustic signals are recorded by one or more receivers on an acoustic logging tool.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave is less than the amplitude of the down-going Stoneley wave, wherein the leak is uphole from the acoustic logging tool.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave is greater than the amplitude of the down-going Stoneley wave, wherein the leak is downhole from the acoustic logging tool.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more acoustic signals are recorded by a fiber distributed acoustic sensor system.

13. A system for identifying a leak in a casing string, comprising:

an acoustic logging tool comprising:

an acoustic array connected to the acoustic logging tool, wherein the acoustic array comprises one or more receivers, wherein the one or more receivers are configured to record one or more acoustic signals;

one or more stabilizers connected to the acoustic logging tool; and

a conveyance connected to at least one end of the acoustic logging tool; and

an information handling system connected to the acoustic logging tool and configured to:

identify a leakage induced Stoneley wave;

identify a direct arrival wave; and

compare the leakage induced Stoneley wave and the direct arrival wave, wherein the identify the leakage induced Stoneley wave comprises:

estimate a Stoneley wave slowness;

separate the Stoneley wave slowness in an up-going Stoneley wave and a down-going Stoneley wave;

estimate an amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave;

identify a difference between the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave;

sum the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave and the down-going Stoneley wave to form an amplitude summation curve; and

identify a location of the leak.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave is less than the amplitude of the down-going Stoneley wave.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the location of the leak is found with a cross-zero point of a difference curve.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the location of the leak is found with a local maximum on the amplitude summation curve.

17. The system of claim 13 , further comprising estimate a level of a leak noise by a value of the amplitude summation curve.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave is greater than the amplitude of the down-going Stoneley wave.

19. The system of claim 13 , wherein the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave is greater than the amplitude of the down-going Stoneley wave, wherein the leak is downhole from the acoustic logging tool.

20. The system of claim 13 , wherein the amplitude of the up-going Stoneley wave is less than the amplitude of the down-going Stoneley wave, wherein the leak is up-hole from the acoustic logging tool.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2020
From: GE, YAO; WANG, RUIJIA; WU, XIANG; JIN, JING
To: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 052826/0887 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62913633 · Oct 10, 2019
Related Publication 20210109243A1 · Apr 15, 2021