Apparatus and methods of analysis of pipe and annulus in a wellbore
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1. A method comprising:
- acquiring waveforms and/or other sensor responses under the control of a processor unit, the acquired waveforms and/or other sensor responses being associated with a plurality of tools operating with respect to a pipe or multiple pipes in a borehole, each acquired waveform and/or other sensor responses being collected data collected from a respective tool;
transforming each acquired waveform and/or sensor response to an attribute correlated to the respective tool from which each acquired waveform and/or sensor response is generated;
extracting values of each attribute in selected intervals of each respective acquired waveform and/or sensor response by the processor unit operating on the acquired waveform and/or sensor response and storing the extracted values in a memory device;
performing clustering and classification analysis by the processor unit operating on the attributes as variables and the extracted values of the associated acquired waveforms and/or sensor responses;
generating data, from the clustering and classification analysis, that characterizes status of the pipe or multiple pipes, characterizes annular material within the borehole surrounding the pipe or multiple pipes in the borehole, or characterizes the status of the pipe or multiple pipes and characterizes the annular material within the borehole surrounding the pipe or multiple pipes in the borehole; and
outputting the data to a memory.
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Abstract
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to provide pipe analysis, annulus analysis, or one or more combinations of pipe analysis and annulus analysis with respect to one or more pipes in a wellbore. The analysis can include application of clustering and classification methods with respect to the status and the environment of the one or more pipes in the wellbore. In various embodiments, the clustering and classification can be used in characterizing borehole annular material including cement bond quality evaluation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
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1. A method comprising:
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acquiring waveforms and/or other sensor responses under the control of a processor unit, the acquired waveforms and/or other sensor responses being associated with a plurality of tools operating with respect to a pipe or multiple pipes in a borehole, each acquired waveform and/or other sensor responses being collected data collected from a respective tool; transforming each acquired waveform and/or sensor response to an attribute correlated to the respective tool from which each acquired waveform and/or sensor response is generated; extracting values of each attribute in selected intervals of each respective acquired waveform and/or sensor response by the processor unit operating on the acquired waveform and/or sensor response and storing the extracted values in a memory device; performing clustering and classification analysis by the processor unit operating on the attributes as variables and the extracted values of the associated acquired waveforms and/or sensor responses; generating data, from the clustering and classification analysis, that characterizes status of the pipe or multiple pipes, characterizes annular material within the borehole surrounding the pipe or multiple pipes in the borehole, or characterizes the status of the pipe or multiple pipes and characterizes the annular material within the borehole surrounding the pipe or multiple pipes in the borehole; and outputting the data to a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon, which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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acquiring waveforms and/or other sensor responses under the control of a processor unit, the acquired waveforms and/or other sensor responses being associated with a plurality of tools operating with respect to a pipe or multiple pipes in a borehole, each acquired waveform and/or other sensor responses being collected data collected from a respective tool; transforming each acquired waveform and/or sensor response to an attribute correlated to the respective tool from which each acquired waveform and/or sensor response is generated; extracting values of each attribute in selected intervals of each respective acquired waveform and/or sensor response by the processor unit operating on the acquired waveform and/or sensor response and storing the extracted values in a memory device; performing clustering and classification analysis by the processor unit operating on the attributes as variables and the extracted values of the associated acquired waveforms and/or sensor responses; generating data, from the clustering and classification analysis, that characterizes status of the pipe or multiple pipes, characterizes annular material within the borehole surrounding the pipe or multiple pipes in the borehole, or characterizes the status of the pipe or multiple pipes and characterizes the annular material within the borehole surrounding the pipe or multiple pipes in the borehole; and outputting the data to a memory. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system comprising:
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a processor unit; a memory unit operably coupled to the processor unit; and an analysis unit, wherein the processor unit, the memory unit, and the analysis unit are configured to operate to; acquire waveforms and/or other sensor responses under the control of the processor unit, the acquired waveforms and/or other sensor responses being associated with a plurality of tools operating with respect to a pipe or multiple pipes in a borehole, each acquired waveform and/or other sensor responses being collected data collected from a respective tool of the plurality of tools transform each acquired waveform and/or sensor response to an attribute correlated to the respective tool from which each acquired waveform and/or sensor response is generated; extract values of each attribute in selected intervals of each respective acquired waveform and/or sensor response by the processor unit operating on the acquired waveform and/or sensor response and storing the extracted values in a memory device; perform clustering and classification analysis by the processor unit operating on the attributes as variables and the extracted values of the associated acquired waveforms and/or sensor responses; generate data, from the clustering and classification analysis, that characterizes status of the pipe or multiple pipes, characterizes annular material within the borehole surrounding the pipe or multiple pipes in the borehole, or characterizes the status of the pipe or multiple pipes and characterizes the annular material within the borehole surrounding the pipe or multiple pipes in the borehole; and output the data to a memory. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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