WO2010132382A2 - Methods for making directional resistivity measurements - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to methods for making directional resistivity measurements of the electromagnetic properties of a subterranean borehole. More particularly, method embodiments of this invention include computing a ratio of axial and transverse components of a received electromagnetic wave.
- Directional resistivity measurements are also commonly utilized to provide information about remote geological features (e.g., remote beds, bed boundaries, and/or fluid contacts) not intercepted by the measurement tool. Such information includes, for example, the distance from and direction to the remote feature.
- directional resistivity measurements may be utilized in making steering decisions for subsequent drilling of the borehole. For example, an essentially horizontal section of a borehole may be routed through a thin oil bearing layer. Due to the dips and faults that may occur in the various layers that make up the strata, the distance between a bed boundary and the drill bit may be subject to change during drilling. Real-time distance and direction measurements may enable the operator to adjust the drilling course so as to maintain the bit at some predetermined distance from the boundary layer.
- Directional resistivity measurements also enable valuable geological information to be estimated, for example, including the dip and strike angles of the boundary as well as the vertical and horizontal conductivities of the formation.
- LWD directional resistivity tools commonly measure or estimate a cross- component (e.g., the H zx component) of an electromagnetic wave as the tool rotates in the borehole (e.g., during drilling).
- a cross- component e.g., the H zx component
- Various tool configurations are known in the art for measuring such cross-components.
- U.S. Patent 6,181,138 to Hagiwara teaches a method that employs an axial transmitting antenna and three co-located, circumferentially offset tilted receiving antennae.
- Patents 6,969,994 to Minerbo et al, 7,202,670 to Omeragic et al, and 7,382,135 to Li et al teach a method that employs an axial transmitting antenna and two axially spaced tilted receiving antennae. The receiving antennae are further circumferentially offset from one another by an angle of 180 degrees.
- U.S. Patents 6,476,609, 6,911,824, 7,019,528, 7,138,803, and 7,265,552 to Bittar teach a method that employs an axial transmitting antenna and two axially spaced tilted receiving antennae in which the tilted antennae are tilted in the same direction.
- the invention includes transmitting an axial electromagnetic wave in a borehole and receiving substantially pure axial and transverse components of the wave.
- the axial and transverse components are preferably received using first and second collocated receiving antennae, e.g., collocated non-planar antennae.
- a ratio of the axial and transverse components is computed and may be utilized as an indicator of various formation parameters.
- Exemplary embodiments of the present invention may advantageously provide several technical advantages. For example, by computing a ratio of the transverse and axial components of the received electromagnetic wave, exemplary embodiments of the invention advantageously enable the moment of the transmitting antenna to be canceled.
- the computed ratio therefore tends to be advantageously independent of and insensitive to the transmitter output or variations in the transmitter output. This can result in a significant improvement in tool reliability and accuracy.
- the invention advantageously enables the moment of the receiving antenna to be canceled, which can also result in an improvement in tool reliability and accuracy.
- the azimuthal sensitivity of the computed ratio is derived solely from the received cross-component V n . (or H 2x ).
- the computed ratio may be advantageously directly proportional to the cross- component.
- the invention is further advantageous over the prior art in that it requires minimal downhole processing and is therefore well suited for use with downhole microcontrollers having limited processing power.
- a ratio of the axial and transverse components allows the near-bed anisotropy effect to be cancelled from two asymmetric transmitters without explicitly involving the antenna spacing in the calculation.
- This feature of the invention advantageously provides for a reduction in error since downhole temperature and pressure conditions can cause tool body deformation and therefore uncertainty in the precise antenna spacing.
- the present invention includes a method of making a directional resistivity measurement in a subterranean borehole.
- the method includes rotating a directional resistivity tool in a borehole.
- the tool includes at least one transmitting antenna configured to transmit a substantially pure z-mode electromagnetic wave and at least first and second receiving antennae longitudinally spaced from the transmitting antenna.
- the first receiving antenna is configured to receive a substantially pure z-mode component of an electromagnetic wave
- the second receiving antenna is configured to receive a substantially pure x-mode component of an electromagnetic wave.
- the transmitting antenna transmits an electromagnetic wave into the borehole.
- Substantially pure z-mode and x-mode components of the electromagnetic wave are received by the first and second receiving antennae and a ratio of the received z-mode and x- mode components is then computed.
- the invention includes a directional resistivity tool.
- a logging while drilling tool body includes at least one transmitting antenna deployed thereon, the transmitting antenna configured to transmit substantially pure z-mode electromagnetic waves.
- At least first and second receiving antennae are longitudinally spaced from the transmitting antennae and configured to receive corresponding substantially pure z-mode and x-mode components of an electromagnetic wave.
- a controller is configured to cause the transmitting antenna to transmit an electromagnetic wave, cause the first and second receiving antennae to receive substantially pure z-mode and x-mode components of the wave, and compute a ratio of the received z-mode and x-mode components.
- the present invention includes a method of making a directional resistivity measurement in a subterranean borehole.
- the method includes rotating a directional resistivity tool in a borehole.
- the tool includes at least first and second transmitting antennae and at least one receiving antenna configured to receive a substantially pure z-mode component of an electromagnetic wave.
- the first transmitting antenna is configured to transmit a substantially pure z-mode electromagnetic wave
- the second transmitting antenna is configured to transmit a substantially pure x-mode electromagnetic wave.
- the first transmitting antenna transmits a first electromagnetic wave, a substantially pure z-mode component of which is received by the receiving antenna.
- the second transmitting antenna transmits a second electromagnetic wave, a substantially pure z-mode component of which is also received by the receiving antenna.
- a ratio of the z-mode components received from the first and second electromagnetic waves is then computed.
- the invention includes a directional resistivity tool.
- the tool includes a logging while drilling tool body having at least first and second transmitting antennae deployed on the tool body, the antennae being configured to transmit corresponding substantially pure z-mode and x-mode electromagnetic waves.
- At least one receiving antennae is longitudinally spaced from the transmitting antennae and configured to receive a substantially pure z-mode component of an electromagnetic wave.
- a controller is configured to cause the transmitting antenna to sequentially transmit corresponding first and second z-mode and x-mode electromagnetic waves, cause the receiving antenna to receive substantially pure z-mode components of each of the first and second electromagnetic waves, and compute a ratio of the received z-mode components.
- the present invention includes a method of making a directional resistivity measurement in a subterranean borehole.
- the method includes rotating a directional resistivity tool in a borehole.
- the tool includes first and second collocated receiving antennae deployed axially between first and second transmitting antennae.
- the first receiving antenna is configured to receive a substantially pure z-mode component of an electromagnetic wave
- the second receiving antenna is configured to receive a substantially pure x-mode component of an electromagnetic wave.
- the first and second transmitting antennae are asymmetrically spaced about the receiving antennae such that L 1 ⁇ L 2 , wherein L 1 and L 2 represent axial distances between the receiving antennae and the corresponding first and second transmitting antennae;
- the first transmitting antenna transmits a first electromagnetic wave at a corresponding first frequency J 1 , substantially pure z-mode and x-mode components of which are received by the first and second receiving antennae. A first ratio of these z-mode and x-mode components is computed.
- FIGURES IA and IB depict exemplary method embodiments in accordance with the present invention in flow chart form.
- FIGURES 2A and 2B depict exemplary directional resistivity tool embodiments suitable for use with exemplary method embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGURES 3A and 3B depict a hypothetical example in which one exemplary method embodiment in accordance with the present invention is evaluated.
- FIGURES 4A and 4B depict other exemplary directional resistivity tool embodiments suitable for use with exemplary method embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGURE 5 depicts yet another exemplary directional resistivity tool embodiment suitable for use with exemplary method embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGURE 6 depicts another exemplary method embodiment in accordance with the present invention in flow chart form.
- exemplary method embodiments 100 and 150 in accordance with the present invention are depicted in flowchart form.
- a directional resistivity tool is rotated in a borehole at 102.
- the resistivity tool includes at least one substantially pure mode transmitting antenna (preferably an axial transmitting antenna), at least one substantially pure axial mode receiving antenna, and at least one substantially pure transverse mode receiving antenna.
- the transmitting antenna may be fired (energized) at 104 thereby transmitting a substantially pure mode electromagnetic wave into the subterranean formation.
- Substantially pure axial and transverse components of the electromagnetic wave may be received at 106 via the corresponding receiving antennae.
- a ratio of the components of the electromagnetic wave received in 106 may then be calculated at 108.
- the ratio is preferably computed downhole and the result stored in downhole memory and/or telemetered to the surface.
- EM electromagnetic
- Such pure mode antennae are defined with respect to the reference frame of the directional resistivity tool (or the borehole) in which one axis (typically the z-axis) is coincident with the longitudinal axis of the tool (or borehole).
- an "axial antenna” is one in which the magnetic moment of the antenna is coincident with the tool axis.
- An axial antenna transmits and/or receives substantially pure axial mode (z-mode) electromagnetic waves.
- a "transverse antenna” is one in which the magnetic moment of the antenna is orthogonal to the tool axis.
- a transverse antenna transmits and/or receives substantially pure transverse mode (x-mode or y-mode) electromagnetic waves.
- the antennae utilized in accordance with the present invention are configured to transmit and/or receive substantially pure mode electromagnetic waves.
- an axial transmitting antenna transmits substantial pure z-mode electromagnetic waves when energized.
- a transverse receiving antenna receives a substantially pure x-mode (or y-mode) component of an electromagnetic wave.
- substantially pure it is meant that the transmitting and receiving antennae are intended to transmit and/or receive pure mode electromagnetic waves.
- a conventional axial transmitting antenna is intended to transmit pure z-mode electromagnetic waves and may therefore be said to produce substantially pure z-mode electromagnetic waves.
- a conventional transverse receiving antenna is intended to receive a pure x-mode component of an electromagnetic wave and may therefore be said to receive a substantially pure x-mode component of an electromagnetic wave.
- an antenna that is intended to transmit and/or receive a mixed mode electromagnetic wave is intended to transmit and/or receive a mixed mode electromagnetic wave.
- a conventional tilted antenna is intended to transmit and/or receive a mixed mode electromagnetic wave (e.g., mixed x- and z-modes) and may therefore not be said to transmit and/or receive a substantially pure electromagnetic wave.
- conventional axial and transverse antennae typically transmit and/or receive impure modes, e.g., due to engineering constraints.
- the invention is not limited in these regards.
- a conventional axial antenna may still be said to transmit and/or receive substantially pure z-mode electromagnetic waves.
- a conventional transverse antenna may still be said to transmit and/or receive substantially pure x-mode (or y-mode) electromagnetic waves.
- FIGURES 2A and 2B depict exemplary EM directional resistivity tools 220 and 240 suitable for use with certain method embodiments in accordance with the present invention.
- Resistivity tool 220 (FIGURE 2A) includes at least one axial transmitting antenna 222 deployed about the tool body.
- the tool 220 further includes at least one axial receiving antenna 226 and at least one transverse receiving antenna 228.
- the receiving antennae 226 and 228 are longitudinally spaced on the tool body. These receiving antennae may also be collocated, for example, as depicted on FIGURE 2B for tool embodiment 240.
- suitable tool embodiments may further include multiple spaced and/or collocated transmitting and receiving antennae.
- the invention is not limited in these regards.
- Suitable tool embodiments may also include one or more y-mode transmitting and/or receiving antennae longitudinally spaced from or collocated with the other transmitting and receiving antennae.
- each of the transmitting and receiving antennae may operate as either a transmitter or a receiver when coupled with the appropriate transmitter and/or receiver electronics. Therefore, suitable tool embodiment 220 (FIGURE 2A) may alternatively be configured such that antennae 226 and 228 are configured as transmitting antennae and such that antenna 222 is configured as a receiving antenna.
- the transmitting antennae 226 and 228 may also be collocated, for example, as depicted on FIGURE 2B for tool embodiment 240.
- EM propagation tools operate in a similar fashion, but typically at higher frequencies than EM induction tools.
- the invention is not limited by the frequency of the electromagnetic waves.
- electromagnetic waves having multiple (2 or more) frequency components may be employed. The invention is in no way limited in these regards.
- the magnetic field in turn induces electrical currents (eddy currents) in the conductive formation.
- eddy currents further produce secondary magnetic fields which may produce a voltage response in a receiving antenna (e.g., in receiving antennae 226 and 228).
- the measured voltage in the receiving antennae can be processed, as is known to those of ordinary skill in the art, to obtain one or more measurements of the secondary magnetic field, which may in turn be further processed to estimate formation resistivity (conductivity) and/or dielectric constant.
- These electrical formation properties can be further related to the hydrocarbon bearing potential of the formation
- the transmitting antenna preferably transmits a substantially pure z-mode electromagnetic wave at 104.
- the transmitted electromagnetic may then be received at 106 by the axial and transverse receiving antennae (e.g., antenna 226 and 228 on FIGURE 2A).
- the ratio of the received components may advantageously be calculated at 108, for example, as follows:
- V r - ⁇ - Equation 1
- V zz represents the voltage response received by the axial
- V 2x represents the voltage response received by the receiving antenna (e.g., antenna 226) and V 2x represents the voltage response received by the receiving antenna (e.g., antenna 226) and V 2x represents the voltage response received by the receiving antenna (e.g., antenna 226) and V 2x represents the voltage response received by the receiving antenna (e.g., antenna 226) and V 2x represents the voltage response received by the receiving antenna (e.g., antenna 226) and V 2x represents the voltage response received by the
- transverse receiving antenna e.g., antenna 2248. It will be understood that within this system for naming the measured voltage responses (or magnetic field responses), the first index indicates the mode of the transmitter and the second index indicates the mode of the receiver.
- V n . may be processed to
- Equation 1 may alternatively (and equivalently) be expressed mathematically in terms of the magnetic field components as follows (the invention is not limited in these regards):
- Equations 1 and/or 2 provide at least three distinct advantages.
- the Equations 1 and 2 are especially well suited for use with downhole microcontrollers having limited processing power.
- Equations 1 and 2 also advantageously enable the transmitter moment to be canceled (as shown in more detail below with respect to Equations 7, 8, and 9).
- the voltage measured at a receiving antenna tends to be directly proportional to the transmitter moment.
- transmitter gain commonly varies downhole (e.g., as the borehole temperature and/or pressure change), which can result in a varying transmitter moment (amplitude).
- the ratio r therefore tends to be independent of and therefore insensitive to the transmitter output or variations in the transmitter output.
- the V zz (or H zz ) component is known to be insensitive to tool rotation (i.e., insensitive to azimuth angle) and thus the ratios expressed in Equations 1 and 2 are advantageously directly proportional to the cross-component. Since the V zz (or H zz ) component is known to be the only component that is insensitive to tool rotation, the present invention preferably utilizes an axial transmitting antenna (a substantially pure z-mode transmitter).
- FIGURES 3A and 3B depict a hypothetical example in which one exemplary embodiment of measurement tool 240 (also depicted on FIGURE 2B) is deployed in a subterranean formation.
- the transmitting antenna 222 is configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation at a frequency of about 98 kHz and is spaced a distance of 45 inches from collocated receiving antennae 226 and 228.
- Measurement tool 240 is deployed in a near-bed 42 having a resistivity of 100 ohm-m. The near-bed lies between conductive layers (or beds) 44 and 46, each of which has a resistivity of 1 ohm-m.
- the boundary between the layers 42 and 44 is arbitrarily defined to be at zero total vertical depth (TVD).
- TVD total vertical depth
- the measurement tool 240 has a positive vertical depth when located in the near-bed 42.
- the tool is further assumed to be at an 88 degree angle with respect to the bed boundaries.
- FIGURE 3B depicts a theoretical plot of the real and imaginary portions of the ratio r as a function of TVD for the hypothetical model depicted on FIGURE 3 A. As shown, both the real and imaginary portions of the ratio are highly sensitive to the bed boundary. Moreover, the direction of the boundary is indicated by the sign (positive or negative) of the ratio. In FIGURE 3B, the upper boundary layer is indicated when the real portion of the ratio is positive and the imaginary portion is negative. The lower boundary is indicated when the real portion of the ratio is negative and the imaginary portion is positive.
- V zx and V zz are as defined above with respect to Equation 1 Still other suitable
- ratios may be expressed mathematically, for example, as follows
- V zx and V zz are again as defined above with respect to
- Ti 1 and ⁇ 2 represent arbitrary real numbers such that 0 ⁇ H 1 ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ H 2 ⁇ 1 , and when
- the receiving antenna are collocated H 1 ⁇ n 2 , and m ⁇ , ⁇ n 2 , m 3 , and m 4 represent arbitrary real
- the voltage ratio r is defined from two virtual tilted receivers located at the same axial position Each virtual tilted receiver response is computed from the response of the collocated axial
- FIGURE IB depicts an alternative method embodiment 150 in accordance with the present invention in which a directional resistivity tool is rotated in a borehole at 152
- the resistivity tool includes at least one substantially pure axial mode transmitting antenna, at least one substantially pure transverse mode transmitting antenna, and at east one substantially pure mode receiving antenna (preferably an axial receiving antenna).
- the transmitting antennae are fired sequentially (in either order) at 154 and 158 so as to transmit substantially pure z-mode and x-mode electromagnetic waves into the formation.
- Corresponding axial components of the transmitted waves are received at 156 and 160 via the axial receiving antenna.
- a ratio of the component of the electromagnetic waves received in 156 and 160 may then be computed at 162. The ratio is preferably computed downhole and the result stored in downhole memory and/or telemetered to the surface.
- the ratio of the received component at 156 and 160 may advantageously be calculated at 162, for example, as follows:
- V zz represents the voltage response received from the axial
- V xz represents the voltage response received from the transverse transmission.
- the ratio r computed in Equation 6 is essentially equivalent to that computed in Equation 1 based on the principle of reciprocity.
- the ratio computed in Equation 1 advantageously enables the transmitter moment to be canceled
- the ratio computed in Equation 6 advantageously enables the receiver moment to be canceled.
- FIGURE 4 A depicts a measurement tool 300 including an axial transmitting antenna 222 and first and second non-planar receiving antennae
- receiving antenna 320 may be configured to receive a substantially pure x-mode component of an electromagnetic wave and antenna 330 may be configured to receive a substantially pure z- mode component of an electromagnetic wave.
- FIGURE 4B depicts a measurement tool 350 including an axial transmitting antenna 222 and first and second receivers 370 and 380.
- Receiver 370 includes first and second collocated non-planar receiving antennae 372 and 374.
- antenna 372 may be configured to receive a substantially pure z-mode component of an electromagnetic wave and antenna 374 may be configured to receive a substantially pure x-mode component of an electromagnetic wave.
- Receiver 380 includes first, second, and third collocated non-planar receiving antennae 382, 384, and 386.
- antenna 382 may be configured to receive a substantially pure z-mode component of an electromagnetic wave
- antenna 384 may be configured to received a substantially pure x-mode component of an electromagnetic wave
- antenna 386 may be configured to receive a substantially pure y-mode component of an electromagnetic wave.
- Measurement tools 300 and 350 may further include a non-planar transmitting antenna in place of the axial transmitting antenna 222. The invention is not limited in this regard.
- Such non- planar antennae are disclosed in commonly invented, commonly assigned, and co-pending U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 12/409,655, which is fully incorporated by reference herein.
- the non-planar antennae embodiments depicted on FIGURE 4 are non-planar in that the loop (or loops) of antenna wire does not reside in a single geometric plane (i.e., in a two- dimensional plane). Thought of another way, the non-planar antennae depicted on FIGURE 4 cannot be projected onto a straight line from any angle (hence these antennae may also be thought of and referred to as being non-linear antennae).
- Exemplary antennae embodiments 320, 330, 372, and 374 depicted on FIGURES 4A and 4B may be thought of as being bi-planar in that distinct portions of each antenna reside on corresponding distinct first and second planes.
- Each of these non-planar antennae includes first and second semi-elliptical (or semi-oval) sections, each of which resides on a corresponding distinct geometric plane. These planes are preferably orthogonal to one another (e.g., being oriented at angles of 45 and -45 degrees with respect to the tool axis), although the invention is not limited in this regard. Projection of these non-planar antennae onto a longitudinal plane forms first and second non-parallel (and non-coincident) line segments.
- the bi-planar antennae may therefore also be thought of as being bi-linear. Bi-planar antennae embodiments tend to be preferred for tool embodiments in which the receiving antennae are configured to receive an axial component of an electromagnetic wave and a single transverse component (x-mode) of an electromagnetic wave. Such bi-planar antenna may therefore be advantageously utilized for certain method embodiments in accordance with the present invention.
- Exemplary antennae embodiments 382, 384, and 386 depicted on FIGURE 4B may be thought of as being sinusoidal in that the axial separation between the non-planar loop of antenna wire and a circular centerline of the antennae varies substantially sinusoidally with respect to the azimuth angle about the circumference of the tool.
- This feature of antennae embodiments 382, 384, and 386 is described in more detail in the '655 Patent Application.
- Sinusoidal antennae embodiments tend to be preferred for tool embodiments in which the receiving antennae are configured to receive an axial component (z-mode) of an electromagnetic wave and both transverse components (x-mode and y-mode) of an electromagnetic wave.
- Such sinusoidal antenna may also be advantageously utilized for certain method embodiments in accordance with the present invention.
- receiving antennae 330, 374 and 386 may be configured to receive a substantially pure z-mode component of an electromagnetic wave. This may be accomplished, for example (as is also described in more detail in the '655 Patent Application), by connecting the receiver electronics in series with the loop (or loops) of antenna wire.
- Receiving antennae 320, 372 and 382 may be configured to receive a substantially pure x- mode component of an electromagnetic wave. This may be accomplished, for example, by electrically connecting a first pair of circumferentially opposing points of the antenna wire to the receiver electronics.
- Receiving antenna 384 may be configured to receive a substantially pure y- mode component of an electromagnetic wave. This may be accomplished, for example, by electrically connecting a second pair of circumferentially opposing points of the antenna wire to the transceiver electronics, wherein the second pair of points is offset azimuthally from the first pair of points by about 90 degrees.
- non-planar receiving antennae advantageously simplifies the structure of a directional resistivity tool.
- a collocated receiver e.g., receivers 370 and 380
- receivers 370 and 380 may be deployed in a single circumferential groove (recess) about the tool body.
- FIGURE 5 another aspect of the present invention includes a method for reducing (or eliminating) the effect of near-bed anisotropy from directional resistivity measurements.
- FIGURE 5 depicts a directional resistivity tool suitable for use with this aspect of the invention.
- a measurement tool 400 includes first and second axial transmitting antennae 422 and 424 deployed axially asymmetrically about a pair of collocated receiving antennae 432 and 434. Transmitting antenna 422 is axially spaced from the receiving antennae 432 and 434 by a distance Lj, while transmitting antenna 424 is axially spaced from the receiving antennae 432 and 434 by a distance ⁇ 2.
- Transmitting antennae 422 and 424 are configured to transmit electromagnetic waves at mutually distinct frequencies. This may be accomplished, for example, by connecting the antennae to appropriate transmitter circuits. Suitable transmitter circuits may include, for example, an oscillator that provides a predetermined alternating current signal (having a predetermined frequency or frequencies) and thereby enable the antennae to transmit electromagnetic signals at one or more frequencies (e.g., in the range from about 0.05 to about 2 MHz).
- the first and second transmitters 422 and 424 are configured to transmit electromagnetic waves at corresponding first and second frequencies _/ ⁇ and /2 such that:
- the collocated receiving antennae are configured to receive substantially pure z-mode and x-mode components of an electromagnetic wave.
- antenna 432 may be configured to receive substantially pure z-mode electromagnetic waves
- antenna 434 may be configured to receive substantially pure x-mode electromagnetic waves.
- These collocated receiving antennae are similar to those depicted on FIGURE 4B. It will be appreciated that this aspect of the invention is not limited to the use of non-planar antenna. Collocated axial and transverse receiving antennae (e.g., as depicted on FIGURE 2B) may also be utilized.
- the invention is not limited to embodiments employing a single pair of transmitting antennae.
- the implementation of multiple pairs of asymmetrically spaced transmitting antennae is described in more detail in commonly invented, commonly assigned, and co-pending U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 12/410,153, which is fully incorporated by reference herein.
- the invention is not limited to embodiments employing a single pair of collocated receiving antennae.
- the implementation of multiple receivers and the computation of a virtual receiver response from these receivers is also described in more detail in the ' 153 Patent Application.
- one aspect of the present invention advantageously enables the effect of near-bed anisotropy to be significantly reduced (or substantially eliminated) using first and second asymmetrically positioned transmitters (e.g., as depicted on FIGURE 5). It is well known that the H 2x cross-component and the H zz component in a homogeneous, anisotropic medium
- H zz - ⁇ - [2(1 - ik h L)e lhL + ik h L(e lhL - e ⁇ hL )] Equation 8
- M represents the transmitter moment
- L represents the axial distance between the
- ⁇ represents the relative dip angle
- k h represents the wave number
- ⁇ the magnetic permeability
- Oh the horizontal component of the formation conductivity
- ⁇ ⁇ ]l + (a v I ⁇ h - l)sin 2 ⁇ , where ⁇ and ⁇ /, are as defined above and ⁇ v represents the vertical
- Equation 2 [0058] Substituting Equations 7 and 8 into Equation 2 yields:
- One aspect of the present invention is the realization that the ratio r (as given in Equations 1, 2, and 9) remains the same when the properties of two measurement systems obey the following constraint:
- one aspect of the present invention is a method 500 for removing the effect of near-bed anisotropy from directional resistivity measurements.
- the first and second transmitting antennae 422 and 424 are fired sequentially at the corresponding first and second frequencies Z an d /2-
- the invention is not limited by the order of transmitter firing. Either transmitting antenna may be energized first.
- Corresponding voltage responses are measured at the collocated receiving antennae 432 and 434 at steps 504 and 508.
- the ratios H zx ⁇ I H zz ⁇ an d H zx2 IH zz2 are computed.
- the anisotropy effect (the near-bed response) may then be removed (or significantly reduced) at step 512 by processing a difference between the ratios H zxl I H zzl and H zx2 1 H zz2 (e.g., H zxl 1 1 H zzl -H ' zx2 1 H zz2 ).
- method 500 may equivalently include computing and processing a difference between the voltage ratios V zxl IV 221 and V zx2 IV zz2 .
- the method 500 advantageously potentially provides for improved accuracy as compared with the methods disclosed in the ' 153 Patent Application in that it does not require computing Z 1 3 - H zxl
- the processed ratios may be optionally further processed to estimate the distance to the remote bed (assuming there is a remote bed in sensory range of the directional resistivity measurements) and the conductivity of the remote bed. This may be accomplished, for example, at 514 by assuming an isotropic near-bed and computing conductivities of the near and remote beds and the distance from the resistivity tool to the remote bed using techniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
- the distance and remote bed conductivity estimated at 514 may be further processed in combination with the ratios to calculate vertical and horizontal conductivities of the near-bed as well as a dip angle of the near- bed.
- the vertical and horizontal conductivities as well as the dip angle estimated in 516 may be further processed in combination with the ratios to recalculate the distance to the remote bed and the remote bed conductivity.
- method steps 516 and 518 may be repeated iteratively as often as is necessary to converge on a solution for any or all of the formation parameters of interest (e.g., remote bed conductivity, near-bed vertical and horizontal conductivities, near-bed dip angle, and the distance between the measurement tool and the remote bed).
- the present invention may further include correlating the above described voltage or magnetic field ratios with a measured azimuth angle so as to construct directional resistivity images.
- Such images are known in the art to convey the dependence of the electrical measurements on the borehole azimuth angle and the measured depth.
- Such images may advantageously be constructed via computing a first order harmonic representation of a plurality of measured voltage ratios as disclosed in commonly invented, commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 12/463,029.
- aspects and features of the present invention may be embodied as logic that may be processed by, for example, a computer, a microprocessor, hardware, firmware, programmable circuitry, or any other processing device known in the art.
- the logic may be embodied on software suitable to be executed by a processor, as is also well known in the art.
- the invention is not limited in this regard.
- the software, firmware, and/or processing device may be included, for example, on a downhole assembly in the form of a circuit board, on board a sensor sub, or MWD/LWD sub.
- Electronic information such as logic, software, or measured or processed data may be stored in memory (volatile or non-volatile), or on conventional electronic data storage devices such as are well known in the art.
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