CA2208167A1 - Apparatus and method for determining properties of anisotropic earth formations - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for determining properties of anisotropic earth formations

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CA2208167A1
CA2208167A1 CA002208167A CA2208167A CA2208167A1 CA 2208167 A1 CA2208167 A1 CA 2208167A1 CA 002208167 A CA002208167 A CA 002208167A CA 2208167 A CA2208167 A CA 2208167A CA 2208167 A1 CA2208167 A1 CA 2208167A1
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    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V3/00—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation
    • G01V3/18—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation specially adapted for well-logging
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A method is disclosed for determining the horizontal resistivity, vertical resistivity, and dip of formations surrounding a borehole, comprising the following steps: (a) suspending a logging device in the borehole; (b) transmitting electromagnetic energy from a transmitter location on the logging device, and receiving the transmitted electromagnetic energy at receiver locations on the logging device for a first transmitter-to-receivers spacing associated with the transmitter and receiver locations; (c) determining, from the received electromagnetic energy, measurement characteristics associated with the first transmitter-to-receivers spacing; (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) for a plurality of further transmitter-to-receivers spacings to obtain measurement characteristics for the plurality of further transmitter-to-receivers spacings; (e) generating a model of anisotropic formations that has horizontal resistivity Rh, vertical resistivity Rv, and a Dip angle with respect to a borehole reference; (f) selecting initial model values of Rh, Rv and Dip; (g) computing an error value from the differences, for each of a plurality of the transmitter-to-receivers spacings, between the measurement characteristics and model measurement characteristics obtained from the model using the model values of Rh, Rv, and Dip; (h) modifying the model values of Rh, Rv and Dip; (i) repeating steps (g) and (h) to minimize the error value;

and (j) outputting the ultimately modified model values of Rh, Rv, and Dip.
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