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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Gabelmann, Boerne, TX (US);
Mark Allen Oerkfitz, San Antonio, TX (US);
Thomas David Hosbach, San Antonio, TX (US);
Mukul M. Sharma, Austin, TX (US);
Ali Yilmaz, Austin, TX (US);
Carlos Torres-Verdin, Austin, TX (US);
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
E-Spectrum Technologies, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for assessing physical properties of a geological formation are disclosed. The systems and methods may use electrodes that include two conductive portions separated by an isolation gap positioned along a casing in a wellbore in the formation. The electrodes may be sequentially energized to provide excitation stimulus into the formation while the remaining, non-energized electrodes may substantially simultaneously receive excitation responses to the excitation stimulus from the formation. The excitation responses may be assessed to determine one or more physical properties of fractures in the formation.