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Dip correction for non-circular borehole and off-center logging

US11643920B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 2022
Grant dateMay 9, 2023
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V3/20
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method includes deploying a logging tool in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation, the logging tool having a transmitter and a receiver, wherein a condition that is present during logging comprises at least one of a shape of the borehole is non-circular and the logging tool is off-center within the borehole. The method includes emitting, by the transmitter, a signal into subsurface formation and detecting, by the receiver, a response to the signal being propagated through the subsurface formation. The method includes creating, from the response, a borehole image that includes features in the subsurface formation and correcting the features, wherein correcting the features comprises mapping points of a non-circular shape in the borehole image into a plane substantially perpendicular to an axis of the borehole.

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