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dc.contributor.authorViggen, Erlend Magnus
dc.contributor.authorJohansen, Tonni Franke
dc.contributor.authorMerciu, Ioan Alexandru
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-03T08:46:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-04T06:54:17Z
dc.date.available2016-10-03T08:46:09Z
dc.date.available2016-10-04T06:54:17Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationGeophysics 2016, 81(6):D679-D685
dc.identifier.issn0016-8033
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2412668
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dc.description.abstractCased petroleum wells must be logged to determine the bonding and hydraulic isolation properties of the cement. Ultrasonic logging of single casings has been widely studied and is commercially available. However, ultrasonic logging in multiple-casing geometries is an unexplored topic despite its importance in plug and abandonment operations. Therefore, current logging technologies should be studied to evaluate whether they indicate the potential for multiple-casing logging. In this study, we used two finite-element models of pulse-echo logging. The first model represents logging in the transverse cross section of a double-casing well. The second model is a copy of the first, but with the outer casing and formation removed so that the pulse-echo transducer receives only a resonant first interface echo from the inner casing. By subtracting the received signals of the second model from those of the first, we can recover the third interface echo (TIE) signal representing the resonant reflection from the outer casing. This signal is used to study what information can, in principle, be drawn from TIEs in double-casing geometries, with the caveat that TIEs can only approximately be recovered in practical cases. We simulated variations of the material in the annulus beyond the outer casing, of the thickness of the outer casing, and of the eccentering of the outer casing. We have determined that the first two of these variations have only weak effects on the TIE, but that the eccentering of the outer casing can, in principle, be found using the TIE arrival time.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleAnalysis of outer-casing echoes in simulations of ultrasonic pulse-echo through-tubing logging
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2016-10-03T08:46:09Z
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Teknologi: 500::Berg- og petroleumsfag: 510::Petroleumsteknologi: 512
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Technology: 500::Rock and petroleum sciences: 510::Petroleum engineering: 512
dc.identifier.doi10.1190/geo2015-0376.1
dc.identifier.cristin1388930
dc.subject.keywordAkustikk / Acoustics
dc.subject.keywordBrønnlogging / Well Logging
dc.subject.keywordUltralyd / Ultrasound


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