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Patent No.:

US 10519769 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2016

Apparatus and method using measurements taken while drilling to generate and map mechanical boundaries and mechanical rock properties along a borehole

Applicant:

Fracture Id, Inc., Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Jesse B. Havens, Denver, CO (US);

James D. Lakings, Evergreen, CO (US);

R. Christopher Neale, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:

Fracture ID, Inc., Denver, CO (US);

Attorney:

Polsinelli PC

Primary Examiner:

Tung S Lau

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/32 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/16 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/003 (2013.01); E21B 7/046 (2013.01); E21B 7/068 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 47/16 (2013.01); E21B 49/006 (2013.01); G01V 1/288 (2013.01); G01V 1/306 (2013.01); G01V 1/325 (2013.01); G01V 1/50 (2013.01); G01V 2200/16 (2013.01); G01V 2210/62 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure involves a novel way of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.

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Havens, Jesse. (2019). Apparatus and method using measurements taken while drilling to generate and map mechanical boundaries and mechanical rock properties along a borehole (U.S. Patent No. 10519769). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10519769

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