Introduction to AIT

Environmental Corrections and Log

Response

Tom Barber
Sugar Land Technology Center
New Tool Requirements

• Vertical Resolution of 1 m in typical borehole

situations—bad hole, Rt/Rm = 100
• Better estimates of Rt in complex invasion,
especially in OBM
• Better determination of Rt in dip or deviation
• Rt determination in mild Rxo < Rt contrasts
• Rich data set for advanced processing

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AIT Family
• SAIT—2.5 in. tool
• AIT-H—Platform Express
• AIT-B—Original tool
• HIT-A—500°F, 25,000 PSI
• QAIT—3-in., 500°F, 30,000
PSI

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AIT Tool Concept

• 8 arrays with L from 6 in.

to 6 ft
• Depths cover from
borehole to deep in the
formation
• Logs formed as weighted
superposition of raw
array measurements

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AIT Volume of
Investigation
• Even larger
than DIT!

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Borehole Correction
• Circular hole assumed
• Can solve for 2 of 4 paremeters
• Always solve for Rf
• 3 BHC modes:
– Rm
– Hole size
– Standoff*
– In OBM use Comp. Rm
* default for all but AIT-B/C/D

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AIT Concept

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AIT Concept

• Weights computed at zero conductivity (Doll limit)

• Skin effect errors are smooth
• Functions of R and X signals fitted to skin-effect error
• Similar to Phasor processing of ILD
• Gives excellent logs at all contrasts and conductivity levels
• This method used for field logs

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AIT Concept
• Changing weights
determines resolution and
depth
• 3 vertical resolutions
• Each has 5 depths of
investigation
• These 5 depths distill radial
information content

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AIT Concept

• 1-ft logs for Rt/Rm < 100, good hole

• 2-ft logs for Rt/Rm < 300, typical hole
• 4-ft logs for Rt/Rm < 1000, bad hole, Rxo < Rt

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AIT Borehole Limits

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AIT Job Planner

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AIT Concept

• Rich data set from AIT (8 arrays, R and X

signals) allows advanced processing at
computer center
• Merlin maximum-entropy inversion works at
any dip or contrast
• AIT-HRLA combination can be used to solve
for anisotropy in vertical wells
• AIT Repair for broken tools and corkscrew
hole
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Field Processing

• 5 depths show
invasion
clearly, both
Rxo > Rt and
Rxo < Rt
• Works in OBM

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Field Processing

• High contrast
layering with
no shoulder
effect

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Field
Processing
• Recent
progress
allows high
contrast/high
conductivity
shoulders
• Released to
field 2/01

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Field Processing

• 60-90-in. curve
reversal show
presence of
annulus

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Field Processing

• Conductive
invasion clearly
shown

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Field Processing

• Extreme cases
now handled
better than with
any previous
tool

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Invasion Interpretation

• Any of these models can

be used
• Only “slope” profile
available at wellsite
• Others available in
computing center
(GeoFrame INVASION
product)

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AIT Field
Logs
• Field log
shows annulus
profile

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Annulus
Inversion
• Uses
INVASION
product
• Note Rt factor
of 2 higher
than AT90

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AIT Field
Logs
• Unambiguous
invasion
features in
OBM

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AIT Field
Logs
• High contrast
logs handled
well

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ECLP Logs

• Automatically
adjusts to best
resolution
• Mnemonics are
AE10, …,
AE90
• Inputs are Rm,
hole size,
standoff, and
“hole rugosity”
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Summary

• Exact response used to compute filters—skin

effect handled similar to Phasor logs
• Field logs cover wide range of environments
– OBM invasion
– High resolution—2 ft logs with good cave rejection
– Annulus profile
• ECLP provides best logs in the circumstances
• Field processing does not yet handle dip—
Merlin at computer center
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