Measurement of invasion depth while drilling utilizing streaming potential
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorVladimir Valentinovich Shelukhin
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Abstract
A system for determining an invasion depth of an invaded zone surrounding a borehole while the borehole is being drilled includes a sensor configured to be disposed in a mud cake formed on a wall of the borehole and configured to measure a property of the mud cake and a computing device configured to receive a measurement from the sensor and determine the invasion depth based on the measurement.
Claims12
A system for determining an invasion depth of an invaded zone surrounding a borehole while the borehole is being drilled, the system including:
- a sensor configured to be disposed in a mud cake formed on a wall of the borehole and configured to measure a property of the mud cake;
- and
- a computing device configured to receive a measurement from the sensor and determine the invasion depth based on the measurement.
A system for determining an invasion depth of an invaded zone surrounding a borehole while the borehole is being drilled, the system including:
- a sensor disposed in a mud cake formed on a wall of the borehole and configured to measure a property of the mud cake;
- and
- a computing device that receives a measurement from the sensor and determines the invasion depth based on the measurement.
A method of estimating an invasion depth of an invaded zone surrounding a borehole while the borehole is being drilled, the method comprising:
- receiving information from a sensor disposed in a mud cake formed on a wall of the borehole;
- and
- determining at a computing device the invasion depth from the information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.