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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:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Orland Guedes, Clamart, FR;

Mikhail Lemarenko, Beijing, CN;

Hiroshi Hori, Clamart, FR;

Jean-Baptiste Cozon, Clamart, FR;

Beatriz Eugenia Otero Roldan, Sceaux, FR;

Nicolas Fradin, Clamart, FR;

Roel Van Os, Clamart, FR;

Ram Sunder Kalyanraman, Richmond, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/50 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 47/085 (2012.01); E21B 47/005 (2012.01); E21B 47/107 (2012.01); E21B 47/002 (2012.01); E21B 47/14 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01B 17/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01N 33/38 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/50 (2013.01); E21B 47/005 (2020.05); E21B 47/006 (2020.05); E21B 47/0025 (2020.05); E21B 47/085 (2020.05); E21B 47/107 (2020.05); E21B 47/14 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01B 17/02 (2013.01); G01N 29/04 (2013.01); G01N 29/2437 (2013.01); G01N 33/383 (2013.01); G01S 15/8945 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0232 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01); G01N 2291/044 (2013.01); G01N 2291/106 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1299 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1429 (2013.01); G01V 2210/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods including determining a measurement plan, having acoustic measurements, and lowering in a borehole penetrating a subsurface formation a toolstring having phased array modules. Each phased array module includes acoustic transducers operable to emit an acoustic excitation signal and receive an echo signal, as well as a programmable circuit for setting one or more variables of the phased array module. The phased array modules are configured, including programming the programmable circuit to set variables of the phased array modules according to the measurement plan. The acoustic measurements of the measurement plan are performed using the configured phased array modules. One or more of the formation, a casing disposed in the borehole, and/or an annulus between the casing and the formation are characterized using results of the performed acoustic measurements.


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