Distinguishing oil and water layers by interpreting acoustic logging data with changing well diameters

Abstract

A B S T R A C TDuring surveys, water layers may interfere with the detection of oil layers. In order to distinguish between oil and water layers, research on the properties of well diameters and oil and water layers and their relation to acoustic logging rules is essential. Using Hudson's crack theory, we simulated oil and water layers with different well diameters or crack parameters (angle and number density). We found that when the well radius increases from 0.03 m to 0.05 m, the variation ratio of compressional wave amplitude for the oil layer is less than that for the water layer. The difference of Stoneley wave amplitude between the crack parameters (angle and number density) is greater in the case of the water layer than in the case of the oil layer. The response sensitivity of wave energy is greater for the water layer than that for the oil layer. When the well radius increases from 0.05 m to 0.14 m, the maximum excitation intensity for oil layer is greater than that for the water layer. We conclude that the propagation of an elastic wave is affected by medium composition and well diameter, and the influence has certain regularity. These results can guide further reservoir logging field exploration work.

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