Accurate interpretation of geophysical data, design of safe casing strings for drilling and production operations, and determination of the potential for existence of gas hydrates in and immediately below the permafrost zone are only possible if the thickness of the permafrost zone can be accurately determined.Freezing of interstitial water in soils has little effect on many of the physical properties of the soil, however, large changes in elastic properties and electrical resistivity do result. This makes it feasible to determine the thickness of the permafrost zone using techniques which measure changes in acoustic and electrical properties of the soils adjacent to the wellbore. This paper discusses the characteristic response which occurs as the borehole logging tool passes upwards from unfrozen sediments into the permafrost zone. It is this response which indicates the base of the permafrost zone and allows determination of permafrost thickness.Conclusive evidence of permafrost thickness and confirmation of permafrost thickness inferredfrom acoustic and electrical data is obtained from temperature data obtained subsequent to well suspension. Techniques utilized to obtain these temperature data are outlined in this paper.L'interpretation precise des donnees geophysiques, le calcul de tubages securitaires pour les operations de forage et de production, et l'examen de la presence possible d'hydrates gazeux dans la zone de pergelisol ou immediatement en dessous ne sont possibles que si on peut determiner l'epaisseur de la zone de pergelisol avec precision.Le gel de I'eau interstitielle dans les sols n'a que peu d'effets sur plusieurs des proprietes physiques du sol, mais, par contre, des changements importants de proprietes elastiques et de resistivite electrique se produisent. Ce fait rend possible la determination de l'epaisseur de la zone de pergelisol en utilisant des techniques qui mesurent les changements de proprietes acoustiques et electriques des sols au voisinage d'un forage. Cet article discute la reponse caracteristique qu'on observe dans un forage lorsqu'une sonde remonte des sediments non geles vers la zone de pergelisol. C'est cette rkponse qui indique la base de la zone de pergelisol et permet d'en determiner l'epaisseur.Les releves de temperature apres la completion d'un forage apportent des donnees concluantes sur l'epaisseur de pergelisol et sur sa verification par les methodes acoustiques et electriques. On decnt aussi les techniques utilisees pour obtenir ces mesures de temperature.
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