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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Junsheng Hou, Kingwood, TX (US);

Burkay Donderici, Houston, TX (US);

Dagang Wu, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2006.01); G01V 3/18 (2006.01); G01V 5/04 (2006.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 19/22 (2006.01); G01V 3/28 (2006.01); G01V 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2013.01); E21B 19/22 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); G01V 3/28 (2013.01); G01V 3/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

Evaluation of formation and fracture characteristics based on multicomponent induction (MCI) log data includes automated calculation of inverted biaxial anisotropy (BA) parameters for the formation by performing an iterative BA inversion operation based on the MCI log data and using a BA formation model that accounts for transfers by axial formation anisotropy to resistivity. The BA inversion operation can be combined with a transversely anisotropic (TI) inversion based on the MCI log data and using a TI formation model, to calculate inverted TI parameters for the formation. The inverted BA parameters and the inverted TI parameters can be used, in combination, to calculate a quantified value for an identification function, to indicate estimated presence or absence of a fracture in the formation.


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