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System, method and apparatus for creating virtual point sources within a hydrocarbon formation

US11828897B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 9, 2018
Grant dateNov 28, 2023
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V2210/163
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Downhole tools and method for a well. At least some of the example embodiments are methods of imaging a formation around a first borehole, including: focusing first outbound acoustic energy, launched from a tool with the first borehole, on a volume within the formation spaced away from the first borehole, the focusing creates a first virtual point source (VPS) that creates a first return acoustic energy; receiving the first return acoustic energy from the first VPS at a plurality of seismic sensors; and determining a parameter of the formation between the first VPS and a location of the seismic sensors using the first return acoustic energy.

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