Electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells

Steel-cased wells can be used as galvanic sources to detect and estimate variations in subsurface electrical conductivity. Most of the modeling approaches are based on approximations to the casing and ignore the variations in magnetic permeability. In this paper, we investigate the impact of varying...

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Main Authors: Puzyrev, Vladimir, Torres-Verdin, C., Calo, Victor
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58651
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author Puzyrev, Vladimir
Torres-Verdin, C.
Calo, Victor
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Torres-Verdin, C.
Calo, Victor
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description Steel-cased wells can be used as galvanic sources to detect and estimate variations in subsurface electrical conductivity. Most of the modeling approaches are based on approximations to the casing and ignore the variations in magnetic permeability. In this paper, we investigate the impact of varying electrical conductivity and magnetic permeability on the electromagnetic response of steel-cased wells. As an example, we consider a full three-dimensional realistic representation of a steel-cased well in the surface-to-borehole and borehole-to-surface configurations. We show how the variable conductivity and permeability along the length of the casing can affect the electromagnetic measurements.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-586512018-02-13T02:50:07Z Electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells Puzyrev, Vladimir Torres-Verdin, C. Calo, Victor Steel-cased wells can be used as galvanic sources to detect and estimate variations in subsurface electrical conductivity. Most of the modeling approaches are based on approximations to the casing and ignore the variations in magnetic permeability. In this paper, we investigate the impact of varying electrical conductivity and magnetic permeability on the electromagnetic response of steel-cased wells. As an example, we consider a full three-dimensional realistic representation of a steel-cased well in the surface-to-borehole and borehole-to-surface configurations. We show how the variable conductivity and permeability along the length of the casing can affect the electromagnetic measurements. 2017 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58651 10.3997/2214-4609.201701358 restricted
spellingShingle Puzyrev, Vladimir
Torres-Verdin, C.
Calo, Victor
Electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells
title Electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells
title_full Electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells
title_fullStr Electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells
title_full_unstemmed Electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells
title_short Electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells
title_sort electromagnetic response prediction for conductive, permeable, heterogeneous steel-cased wells
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58651