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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Gregory Barolak, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/50 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01V 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2013.01); E21B 47/0006 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/225 (2013.01); G01N 29/2412 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02827 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2636 (2013.01); G01V 1/40 (2013.01); G01V 1/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for evaluating the possibility of casing failure in a borehole measures azimuthal changes in a property responsive to azimuthal changes in axial stress. The measurements may be of acoustic velocity, magnetic permeability, and Barkhausen noise.