High-fidelity real-time imaging with electromagnetic logging-while-drilling measurements

M Thiel, D Omeragic - IEEE Transactions on Computational …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A pixel-based inversion approach is introduced for interpretation of deep directional
resistivity logging-while-drilling electromagnetic measurements. It can be used for real-time …

2D reservoir imaging using deep directional resistivity measurements

M Thiel, M Bower, D Omeragic - Petrophysics, 2018 - onepetro.org
Deep directional electromagnetic (EM) logging-while-drilling technology is the principal
enabler of proactive well placement. The reservoir-scale measurements are used to map …

2D lateral imaging inversion for directional electromagnetic logging-while-drilling measurements

M Thiel, D Omeragic - Geophysics, 2019 - library.seg.org
Deep-directional electromagnetic (EM) logging-while-drilling technology can map reservoir
boundaries and fluid contacts for strategic geosteering, reservoir navigation, and more …

Azimuthal imaging using deep-directional resistivity measurements reveals 3D reservoir structure

M Thiel, D Omeragic - SPWLA Annual Logging Symposium, 2018 - onepetro.org
The reservoir scale deep-directional electromagnetic (EM) logging-while-drilling technology
is now routinely being used to map boundaries and fluid contacts for strategic geosteering …

A novel high-definition inversion of deep directional electromagnetic measurements while-drilling enhances layered reservoir mapping

Y Xu, D Omeragic, M Thiel, R Dua, E Mirto… - SPWLA Annual …, 2018 - onepetro.org
The most recently developed deep directional electromagnetic technology is capable of
investigating reservoir resistivity profiles more than 150 ft away from the wellbore. The …

Inversion-based workflow to image faults crossed by the wellbore using deep directional resistivity provides new way of understanding complex formations

C Dupuis, D Omeragic, YH Chen… - SPWLA Annual Logging …, 2014 - onepetro.org
In the last decade, since its introduction, the successful use of deep directional
electromagnetic measurements for well placement has been based on the application of a …

Enhancing the look-ahead-of-the-bit capabilities of deep-directional resistivity measurements while drilling

M Thiel, D Omeragic, J Seydoux - SPWLA Annual Logging Symposium, 2019 - onepetro.org
The recently introduced electromagnetic look-ahead (EMLA) tool applies deep-directional
resistivity logging-while-drilling technology for geostopping and other applications in vertical …

Parallel tempered trans-dimensional Bayesian inference for the inversion of ultra-deep directional logging-while-drilling resistivity measurements

Q Shen, J Chen, X Wu, Z Han, Y Huang - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
As one of the most important downhole technology, directional electromagnetic (EM) logging-
while-drilling (LWD) has been developing over the decades. The new generation of …

Workflow to image unconformities with deep electromagnetic LWD measurements enables well placement in complex scenarios

C Dupuis, D Omeragic, YH Chen… - SPE Annual Technical …, 2013 - onepetro.org
The advent of deep-reading directional electromagnetic logging-while-drilling
measurements brings opportunities in imaging complex formations around the wellbore. In …

Full 3D deep directional resistivity measurements optimize well placement and provide reservoir-scale imaging while drilling

J Seydoux, E Legendre, E Mirto, C Dupuis… - SPWLA Annual …, 2014 - onepetro.org
With geosteering moving into reservoirs of increasing complexity, the industry is facing the
challenge of well placement optimization which requires development of a more extensive …