Highly integrated logging tool

• US 7,436,185 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2005
• Issued: 10/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Poitzsch, Martin E., Fredette, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Aurora; Reena
• Assistant Examiner(s): Schindler; David M.
• Application Number:
  US11/160,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20060290354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,205 Days
• Field of Search: 324/367, 324/373, 324/374, 324/375, 367/25, 250/269.3, 250/269.4, 181/102
• US Class Current: 324/367
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 11/005 Devices for positioning logging sondes with respect to the borehole wall centralising devices for drilling rods or pipes E21B17/10; setting or locking tools in boreholes E21B23/00; locating objects in boreholes E21B47/09
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 3/24 using ac

Abstract

An apparatus for logging a formation traversed by a borehole includes a plurality of logging tools adapted for conveyance inside the borehole. The plurality of logging tools includes a tool body, a sensing pad responsive to a density property of the formation coupled to the tool body, a current emitting measure electrode responsive to a lateral resistivity property of the formation incorporated on the sensing pad, a mechanism for urging the sensing pad in contact with a side of the borehole coupled to the tool body, and a pair of mass isolation bands disposed about the tool body to isolate a mass of the tool body adjacent the measure electrode.

Claims

1. An apparatus for logging a formation traversed by a borehole, comprising:

a plurality of logging tools adapted for conveyance inside the borehole, the plurality of logging tools comprising;

a tool body;

a sensing pad responsive to a density property of the formation coupled to the tool body;

a current emitting measure electrode responsive to a lateral resistivity property of the formation incorporated on the sensing pad;

a mechanism coupled to the tool body for urging the sensing pad into contact with a side of the borehole coupled to the tool body; and

a pair of mass isolation bands disposed about the tool body to isolate a mass of the tool body adjacent the measure electrode and enable the tool body mass to function as a bucking electrode, wherein a first mass isolation band of the pair of mass isolation bands is disposed at a position on the tool body above the sensing pad and a second mass isolation band of the pair of mass isolation bands is disposed at a position on the tool body below the sensing pad.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mass isolation bands are disposed generally symmetrically about the measure electrode.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of logging tools comprises a tool selected from the group consisting of sonic, propagation resistivity, neutron, gamma ray, nuclear magnetic resonance, formation pressure, imaging, dipmeter, and ultrasonic caliper tools.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of logging tools comprises a gamma ray neutron tool and an induction tool each coupled to a distal end of the tool body.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a hinge joint disposed between the tool body and the induction tool.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a bias member disposed on the neutron tool for urging the neutron tool in contact with a side of the borehole.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a centralizer disposed on the induction tool for centralizing the induction tool in the borehole.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mechanism for urging the sensing pad comprises a flexible member coupled to a first side of the tool body and adapted to urge the sensing which pad is coupled to the second side of the tool body into contact with the side of the borehole.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the mechanism for urging the sensing pad further comprises one or two linkage arms coupling the sensing pad to the second side of the tool body.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the mechanism for urging the sensing pad further comprises one or more springs coupled between the sensing pad and the tool body, the one or more springs configured to bias the sensing pad away from the tool body.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein one of the linkage arms is slidable relative to the tool body, thereby allowing the sensing pad to be deployable and retractable relative to the tool body.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measure electrode is built on a non-conductive pad and mounted on a face of the sensing pact, the sensing pad being isolated from the tool body and acts as the measure electrode responsive to density properties of the formation.

13. An apparatus for logging a formation traversed by a borehole, comprising:

a tool body adapted for conveyance inside the borehole;

a sensing pad responsive to a density property of the formation coupled to the tool body;

a current emitting measure electrode responsive to a lateral resistivity property of the formation incorporated on the sensing pad; and

a mechanism coupled to the tool body for urging the sensing pad into contact with a side of the borehole; and

a pair of mass isolation bands disposed about the tool body to isolate a mass of the tool body adjacent the measure electrode and enable the tool body mass to function as a bucking electrode, wherein a first mass isolation band of the pair of mass isolation bands is disposed at a position on the tool body above the sensing pad and a second mass isolation band of the pair of mass isolation bands is disposed at a position on the tool body below the sensing pad.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the measure electrode is built on a non-conductive pad and mounted on a face of the sensing pad, the sensing pad being isolated from the tool body and acts as the measure electrode responsive to density properties of the formation.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the mechanism for urging the sensing pad comprises a flexible member coupled to a first side of the tool body and adapted to urge the sensing pad coupled to the second side of the tool body into contact with the side of the borehole.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the mechanism for urging the sensing pad further comprises one or two linkage arms coupling the sensing pad to the second side of the tool body and one or more springs coupled between the sensing pad and the tool body, the one or more springs configured to bias the sensing pad away from the tool body.

17. A method of logging a formation traversed by a borehole, comprising:

disposing in the borehole a tool body carrying a sensing pad responsive to a density property and lateral resistivity property of the formation;

moving the tool body in the borehole while urging the sensing pad in contact with a side of the borehole;

emitting a current from a measure electrode incorporated on the sensing pad;

measuring flow of the current into the formation, wherein the flow of the current is indicative of to the lateral resistivity of the formation; and

emitting gamma radiation from a gamma source incorporated in the sensing pad; and

detecting gamma particles returning from the formation, wherein energies of the gamma particles are proportional to the density property; and

focusing the flow of current from the measure electrode in a direction generally perpendicular to the tool using an isolated mass of the tool body confined by a pair of mass isolation bands, wherein a first mass isolation band of the tool body above the sensing pad and a second mass isolation band of the pair of mass isolation bands is disposed at a position on the tool body below the sensing pad.