Directional near wellbore imaging visualization
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorTom Bradley
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Abstract
A system and a computer-implemented method of evaluating a formation. The system includes a plurality of acoustic transmitters and acoustic receivers and a processor. Acoustic data is obtained from the formation using the plurality of acoustic transmitters and acoustic receivers. The acoustic data is projected into a plurality of image planes and a feature in one of the image planes is selected. The plurality image planes are scrolled through in order to determine the three-dimensional structure of the feature. The formation is drilled based on the three-dimensional structure of the feature.
Claims14
A computer-implemented method of evaluating a formation, comprising:
- obtaining acoustic data from a plurality of acoustic transmitters and acoustic receivers in the formation;
- projecting the acoustic data into a plurality of image planes;
- selecting a feature in one of the image planes;
- scrolling through the plurality image planes to determine the three-dimensional structure of the feature;
- and
- drill the formation based on the three-dimensional structure of the feature.
A system for evaluating a formation, comprising:
- a plurality of acoustic transmitters and acoustic receivers;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- project the acoustic data obtained from the plurality of acoustic transmitters and acoustic receivers into a plurality of image planes,
- select a feature in one of the image planes,
- scroll through the plurality image planes to determine a three-dimensional structure of the feature, and
- drill the formation based on the three-dimensional structure of the feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.