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Tube Wave Home (Real-Time Completion Monitoring) by Andrey Bakulin

Tube or Stoneley waves are used in the oil and gas industry for variety of purposes. Mud-pulse telemetry uses low frequency tube waves to transmit the downhole information to the wellhead. Similarly remote activation of the downhole valves can be triggered with tube-wave pulses sent from the wellhead. Hydraulic Impedance Testing uses low-frequency tube waves send from the platform to observe opening of hydraulic fractures in real time. In open boreholes, permeability estimation from Stoneley is the only direct logging method to evaluate near-wellbore mobility (ratio of permeability to viscosity). In cased boreholes tube-wave reflection logs can estimate quality of the hydraulic fracturing behind casing if measurement is conducted before and after treatment.

We extended use of tube wave further to complex deepwater wells (completed production boreholes with sand-screened completion) with the objective of measuring changes in completion permeability during production. We called new technique as Real-Time Completion Monitoring with acoustic waves.

Milestone publications and presentations

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Real-time completion monitoring with acoustic waves: Geophysics, 73, E15-E33 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Real-time completion monitoring of deepwater wells: Part I - Modeling and first experiments: 78th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts,  2726-2729 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Alexandrov, D., Jaaskelainen, M., 2009, Real-time completion monitoring of deepwater wells: Part II - Active and passive surveillance: 79th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts,  411-415 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Alexandrov, D.,  Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2009, Real-time completion monitoring of deepwater wells: Part II - Part III – Comparison of experiments and

·          modeling: 79th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts,  416-420 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Real-time Completion Monitoring with Acoustic Waves: Expanded Abstracts, 70th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Rome, Italy, paper I047 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Real-Time Completion Monitoring Estimates Production Impairment With Acoustic Waves: Offshore Technology Conference, paper OTC 19213 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Downhole acoustic surveillance of deepwater wells: The Leading Edge, April, 518-531 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Karpfinger, F., Gurevich, B., 2008, Understanding the acoustic response of deepwater completions: The Leading Edge, December, 1646-1653 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Acoustic Surveillance of Production Impairment with Real-Time Completion Monitoring, SPE 112301-PP [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Alexandrov, D., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., 2009, Acoustic waves in sand-screened deepwater completions: comparison of experiments and modeling: Geophysics, 74, E45-E56 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A. and V. Korneev, 2008, Acoustic signatures of crossflow behind casing in commingled reservoirs: A case study from Teapot Dome: Geophysics, 73, N 4, E145-152 [paper]

Trade magazines

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Acoustic Surveillance of Production Impairment with Real-Time Completion Monitoring: Journal of Petroleum Technology, Society of Petroleum Engineers, September, 88-92 [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Acoustic Waves See Completion Impairment and Flow, www.touchoilandgas.com,  [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Intelligent Developments: 4-D seismic ‘illuminates’ completions, Hart E & P Magazine,  [paper]

·          Bakulin, A., Sidorov, A., Kashtan, B., Jaaskelainen, M., 2008, Real-time Completion Monitoring of Deepwater Wells (English and Russian), Russia Oil and Gas Technologies Magazine,  [paper]

Theory of tube wave propagation

·          Sidorov, A.,  Bakulin, A.,  Kashtan, B., Ziatdinov, S.,  Alexandrov, D., 2009, Low-frequency symmetric waves in fluid-filled boreholes and pipes with radial layering: Geophysical Prospecting, 57, 863–882 [paper]

 

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