Identifying earth stresses in acoustic well logging
CA 2034263 C · Owner: Medlin, William Louis · Inventors: Medlin, William Louis
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An acoustic logging tool traverses a fluid-filled cased well with a monopole acoustic energy source. Pressure waves in the well fluid by the source generate symmetric tube waves in the well casing immediately adjacent the source. At least one spaced-apart receiver detects these tube waves after they have traveled directly to the receiver through the well casing. Asymmetry imparted to said tube waves as they travel along the well casing by the maximum and minimum earth stresses behind the well casing are identified and used to predict the azimuthal direction of subsequent hydraulic fractures.
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- Filed January 16, 1991 and granted August 18, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 16, 2011.
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