02-11-2017 дата публикации
Номер: US20170314385A1
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A technique facilitates use of acoustic measurements to enable geo-steering during a well operation. A steerable well string is provided with acoustic systems used to collect data which is then processed to determine geo-steering inputs. In some applications, the well string may comprise a coiled tubing drilling tool. The coiled tubing drilling tool or other well string tool is combined with an azimuthally distributed pitch-catch micro-sonic sensor system and an azimuthally distributed ultrasonic pulse-echo transducer system. Data from these two systems is provided to a processing system which processes the data to determine, for example, real-time, geo-steering inputs. These inputs may then be used to more effectively steer the coiled tubing drilling tool or other well string tool. 1. A system for facilitating a borehole drilling operation , comprising: a motor drill sub;', 'an orientor;', 'a measurement while drilling module to steer the steerable CTD tool while measuring system orientation based on magnetic field and gravity;', 'a telemetry module to communicate with a surface system using a communication cable;', an azimuthal pitch-catch sensor system positioned to obtain acoustic signals;', 'an azimuthal pulse-echo sensor system positioned to obtain acoustic signals; and', 'a controller module to process the acoustic signals, to extract attributes from the acoustic signals, and to transmit the attributes to the telemetry module; and, 'an acoustic logging while drilling tool comprising, 'a surface processing system which receives acoustic signal data from the controller module, the surface processing system using the acoustic signal data to control the steerable CTD tool and to enable formation evaluation., 'a steerable coiled tubing drilling (CTD) tool comprising2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the azimuthal pitch-catch sensor system comprises a plurality of pitch-catch sensors claim 1 , each pitch-catch sensor having two transmitters and a ...
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