CA2063218A1 - Stand-off compensated formation measurements apparatus and method - Google Patents

Stand-off compensated formation measurements apparatus and method

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CA2063218A1
CA2063218A1 CA2063218A CA2063218A CA2063218A1 CA 2063218 A1 CA2063218 A1 CA 2063218A1 CA 2063218 A CA2063218 A CA 2063218A CA 2063218 A CA2063218 A CA 2063218A CA 2063218 A1 CA2063218 A1 CA 2063218A1
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formation
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Erik Rhein-Knudsen
Michael Evans
Jacques Holenka
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Schlumberger Canada Ltd
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Michael Evans
Jacques Holenka
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/10—Wear protectors; Centralising devices, e.g. stabilisers
    • E21B17/1078—Stabilisers or centralisers for casing, tubing or drill pipes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/01—Devices for supporting measuring instruments on drill bits, pipes, rods or wirelines; Protecting measuring instruments in boreholes against heat, shock, pressure or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/08—Measuring diameters or related dimensions at the borehole
    • E21B47/085—Measuring diameters or related dimensions at the borehole using radiant means, e.g. acoustic, radioactive or electromagnetic
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
    • G01V5/04—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging
    • G01V5/08—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging using primary nuclear radiation sources or X-rays

Abstract

Apparatus and method for measuring density, porosity and other formation characteristics while drilling is dis-closed. The apparatus, preferably housed in a drill collar and placed within a drill string, includes a source of neu-trons and a source of gamma rays placed within a tubular body which is adapted to provide for the flow of drilling through it. Two sets of stabilizer blades are provided. One set, associated with the neutron source, includes secondary radi-ation detectors that are placed radially beyond the nominal outer radius of the body. Formation porosity measurement accuracy is substantially enhanced since the standoff of the detectors from the formation is substantially decreased.
Another set, associated with the gamma ray source, includes one or more gamma ray detection assemblies in a single blade.
Each of the gamma ray detector assemblies is also placed radially beyond the nominal outer radius of the tubular wall.
Formation density or absorption coefficient accuracy is sub-stantially enhanced since the standoff between the detection assembly and the borehole wall is decreased. In a particular-ly preferred embodiment, ultrasonic sensors incorporated either or both sets of blades provide a measurement of the borehole diameter and/or standoff of the detectors from the borehole. The bulk density measurement and neutron porosity measurement data can be corrected with information derived from the standoff or borehole diameter. All such information is preferably transmitted to surface instrumentation where the corrections are performed, or performed downhole and the corrected data transmitted to the surface.
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