A phased array-based noise cancellation technique for through-casing acoustic well logging

WANG Zhichen; TAN Baohai; LING Zichen; ZHANG Kai; JI Yulei

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WANG Zhichen, TAN Baohai, LING Zichen, et al. A phased array-based noise cancellation technique for through-casing acoustic well logging[J]. Petroleum Drilling Techniques, 2025, 53(2)：1−7. DOI: 10.11911/syztjs.2025044

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A phased array-based noise cancellation technique for through-casing acoustic well logging

WANG Zhichen^{1, 2,},
TAN Baohai^{1, 2, ,},
LING Zichen^{1, 2},
ZHANG Kai^{1, 2},
JI Yulei^{1, 2}

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College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum Qingdao 266580
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Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum(East China), Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, China

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Received Date: November 02, 2023
Revised Date: March 19, 2025
Available Online: March 27, 2025

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A phased array acoustic logging method was proposed to address the accuracy issue of measuring formation compressional wave velocity in cases where poor bonding exists between the formation and casing. This method utilizes adjacent receiver transducers to suppress casing waves and enhance formation waves by adjusting their phase relationship. In brief, a phase control circuit is added to the signal conditioning module of the acquisition circuit to achieve signal phase delay and amplitude adjustment, such that adjacent transducers receive casing waves with identical arrival times and amplitudes, which cancel each other out through superposition. To validate the effectiveness of this method, a phase-shift circuit was designed and experiments were conducted in a laboratory free-casing model well. The results showed that the use of this method effectively suppressed casing waves and enabled clear identification of formation compressional waves, thus verifying its feasibility.
- Through the casing,
- Formation wave,
- Phased-controlled acoustic suppression,
- Acquisition circuit

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