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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:
Jul. 14, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Burkay Donderici, Houston, TX (US);

Luis E. San Martin, Houston, TX (US);

Tasneem A. Mandviwala, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/113 (2012.01); E21B 47/135 (2012.01); G01V 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/113 (2020.05); E21B 47/135 (2020.05); G01V 3/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of monitoring electromagnetic properties of a subsurface formation may include: obtaining a resistivity distribution in the subsurface formation; identifying sensor positions along a borehole; determining an effective resistivity of each region around a sensor position; deriving from the effective resistivities of regions associated with each sensor position an optimum resonance frequency; tuning an array of sensors to provide each sensor with the optimum resonance frequency; deploying the sensor array in the borehole; and collecting electromagnetic field measurements. Each sensor may include: a coil antenna positioned in a subsurface formation having a resistivity, the coil antenna generating a induced voltage signal from an electromagnetic field in the subsurface formation; and a resonant modulation circuit that converts the induced voltage signal into a telemetry signal, the resonant modulation circuit having a resonance frequency optimized for said formation resistivity.


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