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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:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2012
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Burkay Donderici, Houston, TX (US);

Paul F. Rodney, Spring, TX (US);

Haluk Vefa Ersoz, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); E21B 47/026 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/26 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 47/026 (2013.01); E21B 47/09 (2013.01); E21B 47/0905 (2013.01); E21B 47/1015 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fracture sensing system and method is disclosed herein. The method may include positioning a transmitter and a receiver in a borehole and magnetizing a casing disposed within the borehole to magnetically saturate the casing. The transmitter and receiver may be located inside or outside of the casing. The method may also include inducing with the transmitter an electromagnetic field in a formation surrounding the borehole. The method may also comprise receiving the induced electromagnetic field at the receiver. The induced electromagnetic field may identify a fracture within the formation based, at least in part, on a contrast agent within the fracture.


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