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Borehole gravimetry logging
Assignee: Mobil Oil AS
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Filing: 1985-12-23
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Granted: 1986-12-02
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Expires: 2005-12-23
Abstract
Abstract A borehole gravimetry survey is carried out by making gravity measurements at a plurality of measurement stations along an interval of the borehole. A moving average gradient is determined for gravity measurements taken from consecutive pairs of such measurement stations over the borehole interval. Each moving average gradient is inverse filtered to reduce the effect of the weighted averaging on the gravity measurements, thereby increasing the vertical resolution of the data.
Inventors
- 👤 W. D. Lyle, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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2026-10-29 03:49
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01V; G01V7/00; G01V7/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A method for conducting a borehole gravimetry survey, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting an interval along the borehole over which gravity gradients are to be determined, (b) selecting a plurality of gravity measurement stations at equally spaced, vertical points along said interval, (c) carrying out gravity measurements at each of said gravity measurement stations, and (d) determining a moving average gradient for gravity measurements from selected pairs of said gravity measurement stations over said interval.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
76 words
A method for conducting a borehole gravimetry survey, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting an interval along the borehole over which gravity gradients are to be determined, (b) selecting a plurality of gravity measurement stations at equally spaced, vertical points along said interval, (c) carrying out gravity measurements at each of said gravity measurement stations, and (d) determining a moving average gradient for gravity measurements from selected pairs of said gravity measurement stations over said interval.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said step of determining a moving average gradient comprises the steps of: (a) calculating a gravity gradient over a select subinterval within said select borehole interval, said subinterval spanning a plurality of consecutive ones of said gravity measurement stations, and (b) repeating step (a) for a plurality of overlapping subintervals within said select borehole interval.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said plurality of overlapping subintervals are spaced vertically from each other by multiples of the separation between said gravity measurement stations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method of claim 2 wherein steps (a)-(b) are expressed by the following: ##EQU9## where i=gravity measurement station i, j=gravity measurement station j, 1/M=Δh/ΔZ, Δh=distance between gravity measurement stations i and j, ΔZ=length of the interval over which the gravity gradients are to be calculated, ##EQU10## G i =gravity measurement at station i, G j =gravity measurement at station j, and g=moving average gradient assigned to the midpoint of the interval between stations i and j.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 1 further including the step of inverse filtering said moving average gradient for said interval to reduce the effect of the weighted averaging on the gravity measurements, thereby providing a higher vertical resolution of the gravity gradients.
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