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  • This invention relates to seismic velocity well logging and is directed particularly to a method and apparatus for obtaining and recording improved seismic velocity well logs. More specifically, the invention is directed to irnprovements in the display of the data obtained.
  • Seismic velocity well logging as presently practiced comprises transmitting a high-frequency acoustic impulse into the well-bore fluids and the surrounding formations and detecting the first-arriving impulse at a detector in the Well a short distance away, typically about five feet. At such a distance a wave train of substantial length, made up of a number of different wave arrivals, can be readily detccted. Only the first-arriving impulse is ordinarily utilized, however, since it is the wave which travels through the formations and thus indicates the formation compressional seismic-wave velocity. Nevertheless, it has been recognized that the later wave arrivals give by their frequencies, arrival times, and amplitudes, valuable additional information about the well formations.
  • the foregoing and other objects are accomplished by recording the wave form of the received wave impulses as variable-density traces which extend across the log record strip perpendicular to the depth dimension.
  • the pulse repetition rate and speed of record strip movement are such that adjacent traces overlap appreciably, so that the resultant record presents an over-all intermediate density for zero signal amplitude, but which density varies between greater and smaller values for plus and minus values of the signal amplitude.
  • a preferred apparatus for practicing our invention comprises means for photographing the face of an oscilloscope tube on which the horizontal sweep is synchronized with the transmission of acoustic impulses through the subsurface formations, and the beam intensity is varied in ae- Re. 25,928 Reissued Dec. 7, 1965 ICC cordance with variations in the received signal.
  • means are provided to vary the photographic exposure in accordance with the logging speed variations.
  • FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of a recording system and subsurface logging instrument embodying our invention
  • FIGURE 2 shows various wave forms typically observed in the operation of the invention.
  • FIGURE 3 is a representation of a portion of a typical log obtained by our invention correlated with the lithology responsible for the observed wave forms.
  • a logging instrument 11 comprising essentially a pulse transmitter l2 and a pulse receiver 13 separated by an acoustic insulator 14.
  • the spacing between transmitter 12 and receiver 13 is typically about tive feet.
  • the pulse transmitter 12 is periodically actuated by a power supply 15 to transmit into the bore hole fluids and the surrounding formations a high-frequency acoustic impulse, the time of starting of the impulse being transmitted to the ground surface over a lead 16.
  • the resulting impulses after travel by various paths to the receiver 13 arc amplified by an amplifier 17 connected thereto and transmitted over a lead 18 to the ground surface.
  • the leads 16 and 18 are insulated and comprise parts of a cable 19 by which the instrument 11 is raised or lowered in the well 10.
  • the cable 19 passes over a measuring wheel 21 to a drum 22 where the lead 16 is brought out to a slip ring 23, while the lead 18 is brought out to a slip ring 24.
  • the slip ring 23 is connected to a pulse amplier 26 while a brush and lead 27 connect the slip ring 24 to a receiver signal amplifier 28.
  • the recording apparatus comprises a cathode-ray oscillograph tub 31 having horizontal sweep electrodes 32 and a beam-intensity control electrode 33.
  • a sweep voltage generator 34 triggered over the conductor 35 from the pulse amplifier 26 transmits a sweep voltage over the lead 36 to the electrodes 32.
  • the beam-intensity control electrode 33 is connected to the output of receiver signal amplier 28 by the lead 37. Accordingly, the intensity of the beam of tube 31 is varied in accordance with the amplitude variations of the signal received at the receiver 13.
  • sweep generator 34 By triggering sweep generator 34 at the instant of generation of the impulse by transmitter 12 through the system described, a linear trace 38 varying in intensity along its length is presented on the face of oscilloscope 31.
  • the depthmeasuring wheel 2l over which passes the cable 19 drives a direct-current electric generator 42 to produce on the output leads 43 of the generator a voltage varying in amplitude with the rate of rotation of wheel 21 and thus with the speed of movement of the instrument 11 in well 10.
  • the rotation of measuring wheel 21 is further transmitted by a connection 44 to a roller or sprocket 4S which drives a film or photosensitive paper strip 46 from a supply roll 47 to a takeup roll 48.
  • a lens system made up oi the elements Sla and 51h which focuses on the film or photosensitive paper 46 an image 52 of the oscilloscope trace 33.
  • the transmission of light from the trace 38 to the image 52 through the lenses 51a and Slb is controlled by a variable diaphragm 53 actuated from a diaphragm-control iechanism S4 which responds to the voltage on leads 43 of the generator 42.
  • the pulses emitted by transmitter 12 are normally sent out at a constant repetition rate, while the speeds of movement of instrument 11 through the well It) and of the tilm 46 are also usually constant but sometimes may vary.
  • the speeds of movement of instrument 11 through the well It) and of the tilm 46 are also usually constant but sometimes may vary.
  • variations in speed would result in a varying density of the photographic record ot the image S2, over and above the variations introduced by modulation of the cathode-ray beam by the control electrode 33 in accordance with signal wave form.
  • the intensity of the light transmitted from trace 38 to the image 52 is varied just sufficiently to compensate for the eflect of the speed change.
  • the diaphragm 53 opens sufliciently so that the additional light transmitted through the lens system just compensates for what wouid otherwise be a reduction in accumulated exposure at any point of the i'ilm 46.
  • the density variations of the film 46 are independent of the speed of movement of the instrument 11 and of the film 46 and vary only with the wave form of the received signals.
  • the oscilloscope 31, the film 46 and its associated mechanism, and the lens and diaphragm control 54 should be surrounded by a light-excluding box or enclosure schematically indicated by the dashed line 55.
  • the system just described is a direct-recording system, in that the signals are immediately translated into intensity variations and recorded while the logging proceeds, the same final presentation can be made indirectly by storing the signals in reproducible form and reproducing them at any subsequent time.
  • the trigger pulses. received signals, and logging speed andV depth indications can be flrst recorded on separate tracks of a magnetic tape, and later reproduced by magnetic playback hearts, with or without additional ltering or other modifications or corrections, to provide the variabledensity display of this invention.
  • FIGURE 2 In FIGURE 2 are shown examples of certain typical wave forms which are reported by Vogel in Geophysics, vol. XVII, page 58S, to have been observed in the course of subsurface seismic velocity logging.
  • the trace 61 is said to be typical of the form of the waves received by bore hole instrument such as 11 when the surrounding formation is largely clay.
  • the event beginning at the time marked P is the first arrival through the clay and is a compressional wave.
  • the arrival beginning at the time marked W is the wave transmitted primarily through the bore-hole liquid. While the liquid-borne wave W is here shown of substantially less amplitude than the compressional wave P, it may often be of quite large amplitude.
  • variable-density trace 62 adjacent the deectiongalvanonieter trace 61 corresponds to the trace 61 and wave forms recorded thereby translated into variabledensity or variable-intensity form. From end to end these traces correspond to a time span of about 2 milliseconds. This span was considered appropriate for the instrument and spacing dimensions used, but may ditler for other instruments.
  • the time elapsed before the beginning oi the wave at P is thc travel time of an acoustic impulse from the transmitter 12 to the receiver 13 primarily through the clay formation when the spacing between the source and receiver is about five feet.
  • Deflectiori-galvanometer trace 63 is the same type ofV recording as trace 61 except that it is made in a shale formation.
  • the events marked P and W correspond to the initiation of the compressional and the water-borne waves
  • the event marked R corresponds to the start of a wave which is not identified on trace 61 but which is believed to be a Rayleigh-type wave that travels principally along the well wall and is sometimes called a tube wave.
  • the variable-intensity trace 64 corresponds in form to the variable-dctlection trace 63.
  • the earlier occurrence ot the P wave in trace 63, as compared with 61, corresponds to the higher value of seismic compressional-wave velocity in shale as corripared with clay.
  • the trace 65 is similar to 6l and 63 except that it is the type of wave train recorded when the instrument 11 is surrounded by limestone rather than clay or shale.
  • the various arrivals indicated by P, W, and R are the same as those for the wave 63.
  • S shear-wave arrival
  • Trace 66 corresponds to trace 65 but is in variable-density form.
  • FIGURE 3 suggests the appearance of a portion of a well log recorded in accordance with our invention.
  • the log 68 corresponds to the variable-density recording obtained from a well having the lithology indicated by the lithologic log 69 on the left, using an instrument 11 and recording system such as is shown in FIGURE l.
  • the edge 70 forms a base line parallel to the edge ot film strip 46 corresponding to zero time, when pulse emission by transmitter l2 occurs, while edge 71 corresponds to a time about two milliseconds later. The distance from base line 70 varies linearly with time in this twomillisecond interval.
  • the width of the uniform-density area between base line 70 and the first wave arrivals is thus directly' proportional to the pulse travel time through the formation, and is therefore inversely proportional to the formation seismic compressional-wave velocity.
  • the log 68 contains all the information present on a tirstarrival log and in addition shows the amplitude, phase, frequency, and arrival times of the subsequent waves. Obviously, much more information is available here for lithologic interpretation.
  • the choice of. the speed of movement, or the depth scale factor, ofthe film 46 in relation to the logging speed, to the pulse-repetition rate of transmitter 12, and to the thickness of the trace 38 or its image 52 is a matter of some importance. It is preferred that they be so related that the photographic exposure at any point of film 46 is the resultant of several sweeps of the oscilloscope beam. Any random noise superimposed on the desired signal in one sweep then tends to cancel random noise on another sweep while the desired signals all combine additively.
  • the final recording of the wave form at any point of depth is the summation of a number of similar wave forms. It has a higher signal-to-noise ratio than is likely for any single member of the summation.
  • each of the two receivers intensity-modulates the beam of one of a pair ot cathode-ray Oscilloscopes, just as the single receiver 13 does oscilloscope 31 in FIGURE 1.
  • the images of the two oscilloscope traces are preferably placed side by side on the film 46, so that the log produced appears as two parallel bands each similar to log 68.
  • the desired difference in first-arrival times, on the time difference between any other wave arrivals, such as the shear-wave arrivals at the two detectors, can be determined simply by scaling the distance between the arrivals in the two bands. This assumes that the sweep velocities of the two Oscilloscopes are the same, which can be assured by using the same sweep generator for both,
  • the method of recording seismic well logs while moving a seismic impulse transmitter and a receiver of seismic waves through a well at substantially constant speed while maintaining sai-d transmitter and receiver a small fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter to emit impulses and said receiver to detect the resultant seismic waves impinging thereon comprises moving a record-receiving strip lengthwise in proportion to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well, initiating a mark at a base line parallel to the edge of said strip substantially synchronously with the emission of each impulse by said transmitter, extending said mark continuously and linearly with time across said strip in the direction of its width during the time interval while the seismic waves resulting from said impulse are traveling to and are being received by said receiver, and varying the density of said mark in proportion to the instantaneous amplitude of the waves received by said receiver.
  • said recording method comprises moving a photosensitive record strip lengthwise at a rate proportional to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well, projecting an exposure-producing light beam of intermediate intensity onto said strip at a constant distance from its edge in synchronism with each emission of an impulse by said transmitter, sweeping said beam transversely across said strip in the direction of its width at a substantially constant rate during the time of traveling and arrival at said receiver of the resultant waves of said each impulse emission, and varying the intensity of said beam from said intermediate intensity in proportion to the instantaneous positive and negative amplitudes of the waves impinging on said receiver.
  • a recording method as in claim 2 in which the distance of lengthwise movement of said strip in the time interval between any two successive pulse emissions by said transmitter is substantially less than the thickness of said beam, whereby the exposure at any exposed point on said strip accumulates during a plurality of sweeps of said beam.
  • the method of recording seismic well logs while moving a seismic impulse transmitter and a receiver of seismic waves through a well at a speed which may vary while maintaining said transmitter and receiver a small fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter to emit impulses and said receiver to detect the resultant seismic waves impinging thereon comprises moving a record-receiving strip lengthwise in proportion to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well, initiating a mark at a base line parallel to the edge of said strip substantilaly synchronously with the emission of each impulse by said transmitter, extending said mark linearly with time across said strip in the direction of its width during the time interval while the seismic waves resulting from said impulse are traveling to and being received by said receiver, varying the instantaneous density of said mark in proportion to the instantaneous amplitude of the waves received by said receiver, and varying the average density of said mark in proportion to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well.
  • a method as in claim 4 in which said recording method comprises moving a photosensitive record strip lengthwise at a rate proportional to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well, projecting an exposure-producing light beam of intermediate intensity onto said strip at a constant distance from its edge in synchronism with each transmission of an impulse by said transmitter, sweeping said beam transversely across said strip in the direction of its width at a substantially constant rate during the time of traveling and arrival at said receiver of the resultant waves of said each impulse emission.
  • varying the instantaneous intensity of said beam from said intermediate intensity in proportion to the instantaneous positive and negative amplitudes ofthe Waves impinging on said receiver, and varying said intermediate intensity in proportion to the speed of moving said seismic impulse transmitter and receiver through said well.
  • a recording method as in claim 5 in which the distance of lengthwise strip movement in the time interval between successive pulse emissions by said transmitter is substantially less than the thickness of said beam in the lengthwise direction of said strip, whereby the exposure at any exposed point on said strip accumulates during a plurality of sweeps of said beam.
  • Apparatus for recording seismic well logs while moving a seismic impulse transmitter and receiver of seismic waves through a well at substantially constant speed While maintaining said transmitter and receiver a small fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter to emit impulses and said receiver to detect the resultant seismic waves impinging thereon said recording apparatus comprising means for moving a recordreceiving strip lengthwise at a rate proportional to the rate of movement of said transmitter and receiver in said well, means actuated by said transmitter for producing transverse marks of an intermediate density on said strip, each of said marks starting from a base line parallel to the strip edge in synchronism with the emission of an impulse by said transmitter and being drawn across said strip during the travel and arrival of the resultant seismic waves at said receiver, and means actuated by said receiver for controlling said mark-producing means to vary said intermediate density of marking in proportion to the instantaneous values of the amplitude of the waves received by said receiver.
  • said recording apparatus comprises means for moving a photosensitive record strip lengthwise at a rate proportional to a speed of movement of said transmitter and receiver through said well, a source of exposure-producing light, means actuated by said transmitter for projecting an exposureproducing beam of intermediate intensity from said light source onto said strip at a constant distance from its edge in synchronism with each emission of an impulse by said transmitter, means for sweeping said beam transversely across said strip in the direction of its width at a substantiall),r constant rate during the time of traveling and arrival at said receiver of the resultant waves of each impulse emission, and means actuated by said receiver for varying the instantaneous intensity of said beam from said intermediate intensity in proportion to the instantaneous positive and negative amplitudes of the waves impinging on said receiver.
  • Apparatus as in claim 8 in which the thickness of said beam in the lengthwise direction of said strip is substantially greater than the distance of lengthwise strip movement between successive pulse emissions by said transmitter, whereby the exposure at any exposed point on said strip accumulates during a plurality of sweeps of said beam.
  • Apparatus for recording seismic well logs while moving a seismic impulse transmitter and a receiver of seismic waves through a well at a speed which may vary while maintaining said transmitter and receiver a small fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter to emit impulses and said receiver to detect the resultant seismic wave impinging thereon said recording apparatus comprising7 means for moving a record- !eceiving strip lengthwise in proportion to the movement of said transmitter and receiver in said well, means actuated by said transmitter for initiating marking of said strip at a base line on said strip parallel to one edge thereof in synehronism with the emission of an impulse by said transmitter, means for extending the mark produced by said mark-initiating means across said strip at a constant rate during the time of travel and arrival of the seismic waves resulting from said impulse at said receiver, means actuated by said receiver for varying the density of marking of said strip above and below an average density in proportion to the positive and negative instantaneous amplitudes of the wave impinging on said receiver, means responsive to the speed of movement of said transmitter and
  • said recording apparatus comprises means for moving a photosensitive record strip lengthwise in accordance With the movement of said transmitter and receiver through said well, a light source, means for projecting a beam of exposure-producing light from said source onto said record strip, means for sweeping said beam across said strip in the direction of its width at a substantially constant rate, means actuated by said transmitter for initiating the sweeping of said beam by said beam-sweeping means at a base line on said strip synchronously with the emission of each impulse by said transmitter, means actuated by said receiver for varying the intensity of said beam impinging on said strip from an average value in proportion to the positive and negative instantaneous amplitudes of the waves impinging on said receiver, means responsive to the speed of movement of said transmitter and receiver through said well, and means actuated by said speed-responsive means tor varying the average value of said intensity in proportion to the variations of said speed detected by said speed-responsive means.
  • Apparatus as in claim 11 in which the thickness of said beam in the lengthwise direction of said strip is substantially greater than the distance of lengthwise strip movement between successive pulse emissions by said transmitter, whereby the exposure at any exposed point on said strip accumulates during n plurality of sweeps of said beam.
  • a method os in cluim I3 in which scid recording method comprises moving o photoscnsitive record strip lengthwise at n rote proptnlionnl to thc spccd of moving soid transmitter und rccciver through said wcll, projecting un exporme-producing light beam of intermediate intensity onto suid strip ot u constant distance j rom its edge in synchronism with the transmission of cach impulse through tht7 well formations, swccping sold hcom tronstfcrscly across .mid strip in the direction of its width ot a substanrial/y constant rate during the time of arrivo] ot said rcccivcr of the resultant waves of cach impulse emission, and tutrying thc intensity of .raid bcnm from said intermediate intcnsity in proportion to the instantaneous positive und negative mnplitudcs of the uf'ovcs
  • Apparatus os in claim l5 whcrcin said recording oppnratus con'ipriscs moans for moving a photoscnsitivc record strip lengthwise ot o rouI proportional to the speed 0f movement of .mid transmittcr und receiver through said tvc/l, n source of cxposurta-producing light, mcons actuated in synchro/risul with thc trnnsmission of cach impulse through thc wel!

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z3 Sheets-Sheet 1 R. L. GEYER ETAL ATTORNEY Dec. 7, 1965 SEISMlC WELL LOGGING DATA DISPLAY Original Filed Feb.
Dec. 7, 1965 R. GEYl-:R ETAL 2 Sheets-She Original Filed Feb. l, 1960 SHALE SHALE FIG. 3
ROBERT L. GEYER NEIL R. SPARKS INVENTORS ATTORNEY United States Patent O 25,928 SEISMIC WELL LUGGING DATA DISPLAY Robert L. Geyer and Neil R. Sparks, both of Tulsa, Okla., assignors to Pau American Petroleum Corporation, Tulsa, Gkla., a corporation of Delaware Original No. 3,093,810, dated .lune 11, 1963, Ser. No. 5,882, Feb. 1, 1960. Application for reissue June 8, 1965, Ser. No. 463,069
16 Claims. (Cl. 340-48) Matter enclosed in heavy brackets appears in the original patent but forms no part of this reissue specification; matter printed in italics indicates the additions made by reissue.
This invention relates to seismic velocity well logging and is directed particularly to a method and apparatus for obtaining and recording improved seismic velocity well logs. More specifically, the invention is directed to irnprovements in the display of the data obtained.
Seismic velocity well logging as presently practiced comprises transmitting a high-frequency acoustic impulse into the well-bore fluids and the surrounding formations and detecting the first-arriving impulse at a detector in the Well a short distance away, typically about five feet. At such a distance a wave train of substantial length, made up of a number of different wave arrivals, can be readily detccted. Only the first-arriving impulse is ordinarily utilized, however, since it is the wave which travels through the formations and thus indicates the formation compressional seismic-wave velocity. Nevertheless, it has been recognized that the later wave arrivals give by their frequencies, arrival times, and amplitudes, valuable additional information about the well formations. Such later wave arrivals have been recorded along with the iirstarriving impulses by photographing their form on the face of a cathode ray oscilloscope, but such a display has the disadvantage that it is of undue length. Further, it is only by a careful study of each of a large number of individual oscillograms that changes in the formation lithology can be understood.
ln view of the foregoing it is a primary object of our invention to provide a novel and improved method and apparatus for recording and displaying the data obtained in seismic velocity well logging. More particularly, it is an object of our invention to provide a method and apparatus for recording and displaying the seismic velocity log data in a form which is both compact and complete as to the form and arrival times of various waves of interest. Other and further objects, uses, and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.
Briey stated, the foregoing and other objects are accomplished by recording the wave form of the received wave impulses as variable-density traces which extend across the log record strip perpendicular to the depth dimension. Preferably, the pulse repetition rate and speed of record strip movement are such that adjacent traces overlap appreciably, so that the resultant record presents an over-all intermediate density for zero signal amplitude, but which density varies between greater and smaller values for plus and minus values of the signal amplitude.
A preferred apparatus for practicing our invention comprises means for photographing the face of an oscilloscope tube on which the horizontal sweep is synchronized with the transmission of acoustic impulses through the subsurface formations, and the beam intensity is varied in ae- Re. 25,928 Reissued Dec. 7, 1965 ICC cordance with variations in the received signal. In order to prevent density variations in the final record due to variations in the logging speed, means are provided to vary the photographic exposure in accordance with the logging speed variations.
This will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and illustrating a typical embodiment of our invention and the results produced thereby. In these drawings,
FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of a recording system and subsurface logging instrument embodying our invention;
FIGURE 2 shows various wave forms typically observed in the operation of the invention; and
FIGURE 3 is a representation of a portion of a typical log obtained by our invention correlated with the lithology responsible for the observed wave forms.
Referring now to these drawings in detail and particulariy to FIGURE l thereof, in a well bore 10 is shown a logging instrument 11 comprising essentially a pulse transmitter l2 and a pulse receiver 13 separated by an acoustic insulator 14. The spacing between transmitter 12 and receiver 13 is typically about tive feet. In operation, the pulse transmitter 12 is periodically actuated by a power supply 15 to transmit into the bore hole fluids and the surrounding formations a high-frequency acoustic impulse, the time of starting of the impulse being transmitted to the ground surface over a lead 16. The resulting impulses after travel by various paths to the receiver 13 arc amplified by an amplifier 17 connected thereto and transmitted over a lead 18 to the ground surface. Typically, the leads 16 and 18 are insulated and comprise parts of a cable 19 by which the instrument 11 is raised or lowered in the well 10.
At the ground surface the cable 19 passes over a measuring wheel 21 to a drum 22 where the lead 16 is brought out to a slip ring 23, while the lead 18 is brought out to a slip ring 24. By a brush and lead 25 the slip ring 23 is connected to a pulse amplier 26 while a brush and lead 27 connect the slip ring 24 to a receiver signal amplifier 28.
The recording apparatus comprises a cathode-ray oscillograph tub 31 having horizontal sweep electrodes 32 and a beam-intensity control electrode 33. A sweep voltage generator 34 triggered over the conductor 35 from the pulse amplifier 26 transmits a sweep voltage over the lead 36 to the electrodes 32. Similarly, the beam-intensity control electrode 33 is connected to the output of receiver signal amplier 28 by the lead 37. Accordingly, the intensity of the beam of tube 31 is varied in accordance with the amplitude variations of the signal received at the receiver 13. By triggering sweep generator 34 at the instant of generation of the impulse by transmitter 12 through the system described, a linear trace 38 varying in intensity along its length is presented on the face of oscilloscope 31.
By means of a mechanical connection 41, the depthmeasuring wheel 2l over which passes the cable 19 drives a direct-current electric generator 42 to produce on the output leads 43 of the generator a voltage varying in amplitude with the rate of rotation of wheel 21 and thus with the speed of movement of the instrument 11 in well 10. The rotation of measuring wheel 21 is further transmitted by a connection 44 to a roller or sprocket 4S which drives a film or photosensitive paper strip 46 from a supply roll 47 to a takeup roll 48. Between the face of oscilloscope 31 and lilm 46 is a lens system made up oi the elements Sla and 51h which focuses on the film or photosensitive paper 46 an image 52 of the oscilloscope trace 33. The transmission of light from the trace 38 to the image 52 through the lenses 51a and Slb is controlled by a variable diaphragm 53 actuated from a diaphragm-control iechanism S4 which responds to the voltage on leads 43 of the generator 42.
In operation, the pulses emitted by transmitter 12 are normally sent out at a constant repetition rate, while the speeds of movement of instrument 11 through the well It) and of the tilm 46 are also usually constant but sometimes may vary. In the absence of the diaphragm 53 and control 54, and assuming that there is such overlap in successive passes of the image 52 that the density at any point is the result of several exposures, variations in speed would result in a varying density of the photographic record ot the image S2, over and above the variations introduced by modulation of the cathode-ray beam by the control electrode 33 in accordance with signal wave form. By regulating the opening of diaphragm 53 in proportion to the film movement or logging speed, however, as it is measured by the tachometer generator 42, the intensity of the light transmitted from trace 38 to the image 52 is varied just sufficiently to compensate for the eflect of the speed change. For example, if the logging speed and speed of movement of the film 46 increase, the diaphragm 53 opens sufliciently so that the additional light transmitted through the lens system just compensates for what wouid otherwise be a reduction in accumulated exposure at any point of the i'ilm 46. As a result, the density variations of the film 46 are independent of the speed of movement of the instrument 11 and of the film 46 and vary only with the wave form of the received signals. As will be apparent, the oscilloscope 31, the film 46 and its associated mechanism, and the lens and diaphragm control 54 should be surrounded by a light-excluding box or enclosure schematically indicated by the dashed line 55.
While the system just described is a direct-recording system, in that the signals are immediately translated into intensity variations and recorded while the logging proceeds, the same final presentation can be made indirectly by storing the signals in reproducible form and reproducing them at any subsequent time. For example, the trigger pulses. received signals, and logging speed andV depth indications can be flrst recorded on separate tracks of a magnetic tape, and later reproduced by magnetic playback hearts, with or without additional ltering or other modifications or corrections, to provide the variabledensity display of this invention.
In FIGURE 2 are shown examples of certain typical wave forms which are reported by Vogel in Geophysics, vol. XVII, page 58S, to have been observed in the course of subsurface seismic velocity logging. Thus, the trace 61 is said to be typical of the form of the waves received by bore hole instrument such as 11 when the surrounding formation is largely clay. The event beginning at the time marked P is the first arrival through the clay and is a compressional wave. The arrival beginning at the time marked W, of considerably higher frequency than that starting at P, is the wave transmitted primarily through the bore-hole liquid. While the liquid-borne wave W is here shown of substantially less amplitude than the compressional wave P, it may often be of quite large amplitude.
The variable-density trace 62 adjacent the deectiongalvanonieter trace 61 corresponds to the trace 61 and wave forms recorded thereby translated into variabledensity or variable-intensity form. From end to end these traces correspond to a time span of about 2 milliseconds. This span was considered appropriate for the instrument and spacing dimensions used, but may ditler for other instruments. The time elapsed before the beginning oi the wave at P is thc travel time of an acoustic impulse from the transmitter 12 to the receiver 13 primarily through the clay formation when the spacing between the source and receiver is about five feet.
Deflectiori-galvanometer trace 63 is the same type ofV recording as trace 61 except that it is made in a shale formation. As before, the events marked P and W correspond to the initiation of the compressional and the water-borne waves, while the event marked R corresponds to the start of a wave which is not identified on trace 61 but which is believed to be a Rayleigh-type wave that travels principally along the well wall and is sometimes called a tube wave. As before, the variable-intensity trace 64 corresponds in form to the variable-dctlection trace 63. The earlier occurrence ot the P wave in trace 63, as compared with 61, corresponds to the higher value of seismic compressional-wave velocity in shale as corripared with clay.
The trace 65 is similar to 6l and 63 except that it is the type of wave train recorded when the instrument 11 is surrounded by limestone rather than clay or shale. The various arrivals indicated by P, W, and R are the same as those for the wave 63. In the case of limestone and similar crystalline hard rocks, however, there is frequently also observed a shear-wave arrival, here designated by S. The relatively earlier arrival time of the P wave for limestone, as compared with its arrival in shale in trace 63, corresponds to the generally higher velocity of seismic compressional waves in limestone as compared with shale. Trace 66 corresponds to trace 65 but is in variable-density form.
It will be understood that the showing of this figure and of FIGURE 3 is highly diagrammatic, in that the numerous gradations of density corresponding to the dctails of the wave form of the trace 65 cannot be satisfactorily shown by the inked-line drawing, whereas they will be apparent in a photographic recording of the actual trace. It is intended that the respective detiection and variable-density traces be such duplicates that the deiiection trace would result from scanning the variable-density trace with a light beam and photocell, for example, and applying the amplied photocel] output to a galvanometer.
FIGURE 3 suggests the appearance of a portion of a well log recorded in accordance with our invention. Thus, the log 68 corresponds to the variable-density recording obtained from a well having the lithology indicated by the lithologic log 69 on the left, using an instrument 11 and recording system such as is shown in FIGURE l. The edge 70 forms a base line parallel to the edge ot film strip 46 corresponding to zero time, when pulse emission by transmitter l2 occurs, while edge 71 corresponds to a time about two milliseconds later. The distance from base line 70 varies linearly with time in this twomillisecond interval. The width of the uniform-density area between base line 70 and the first wave arrivals is thus directly' proportional to the pulse travel time through the formation, and is therefore inversely proportional to the formation seismic compressional-wave velocity. Thus, the log 68 contains all the information present on a tirstarrival log and in addition shows the amplitude, phase, frequency, and arrival times of the subsequent waves. Obviously, much more information is available here for lithologic interpretation.
Furthermore, the changes in wave form as the logging instrument passes from one formation to another are indicated much more clearly on the common time scale than they would be on separate deflection traces each with its own scale.
The choice of. the speed of movement, or the depth scale factor, ofthe film 46 in relation to the logging speed, to the pulse-repetition rate of transmitter 12, and to the thickness of the trace 38 or its image 52 is a matter of some importance. It is preferred that they be so related that the photographic exposure at any point of film 46 is the resultant of several sweeps of the oscilloscope beam. Any random noise superimposed on the desired signal in one sweep then tends to cancel random noise on another sweep while the desired signals all combine additively. Thus, the final recording of the wave form at any point of depth is the summation of a number of similar wave forms. It has a higher signal-to-noise ratio than is likely for any single member of the summation. Accordingly, when this method of recording is used, the required amplitude of pulse emission by transmitter 12 is reduced for results with the signal-to-noise ratio now considered acceptable. Or alternatively, pulses of the strength now employed can be transmitted over larger distances than have been considered feasible heretofore.
Although the application of the invention to seismic velocity logging with a single detector has been described in detail, it can also be used with two-detector logging instruments, wherein the difference in arrival times at the two differently spaced detectors is the most important quantity for showing velocity. Preferably each of the two receivers intensity-modulates the beam of one of a pair ot cathode-ray Oscilloscopes, just as the single receiver 13 does oscilloscope 31 in FIGURE 1. The images of the two oscilloscope traces are preferably placed side by side on the film 46, so that the log produced appears as two parallel bands each similar to log 68. Besides showing in this way the complete wave trains arriving at each of the two receivers, the desired difference in first-arrival times, on the time difference between any other wave arrivals, such as the shear-wave arrivals at the two detectors, can be determined simply by scaling the distance between the arrivals in the two bands. This assumes that the sweep velocities of the two Oscilloscopes are the same, which can be assured by using the same sweep generator for both,
While our invention has been described by reference to the foregoing details and examples, its scope should not be considered as limited to these details, but is properly to be ascertained from the appended claims.
We claim:
1. The method of recording seismic well logs while moving a seismic impulse transmitter and a receiver of seismic waves through a well at substantially constant speed while maintaining sai-d transmitter and receiver a small fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter to emit impulses and said receiver to detect the resultant seismic waves impinging thereon, which recording method comprises moving a record-receiving strip lengthwise in proportion to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well, initiating a mark at a base line parallel to the edge of said strip substantially synchronously with the emission of each impulse by said transmitter, extending said mark continuously and linearly with time across said strip in the direction of its width during the time interval while the seismic waves resulting from said impulse are traveling to and are being received by said receiver, and varying the density of said mark in proportion to the instantaneous amplitude of the waves received by said receiver.
2. A method as in claim 1 in which said recording method comprises moving a photosensitive record strip lengthwise at a rate proportional to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well, projecting an exposure-producing light beam of intermediate intensity onto said strip at a constant distance from its edge in synchronism with each emission of an impulse by said transmitter, sweeping said beam transversely across said strip in the direction of its width at a substantially constant rate during the time of traveling and arrival at said receiver of the resultant waves of said each impulse emission, and varying the intensity of said beam from said intermediate intensity in proportion to the instantaneous positive and negative amplitudes of the waves impinging on said receiver.
3. A recording method as in claim 2 in which the distance of lengthwise movement of said strip in the time interval between any two successive pulse emissions by said transmitter is substantially less than the thickness of said beam, whereby the exposure at any exposed point on said strip accumulates during a plurality of sweeps of said beam.
4. The method of recording seismic well logs while moving a seismic impulse transmitter and a receiver of seismic waves through a well at a speed which may vary while maintaining said transmitter and receiver a small fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter to emit impulses and said receiver to detect the resultant seismic waves impinging thereon, which recording method comprises moving a record-receiving strip lengthwise in proportion to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well, initiating a mark at a base line parallel to the edge of said strip substantilaly synchronously with the emission of each impulse by said transmitter, extending said mark linearly with time across said strip in the direction of its width during the time interval while the seismic waves resulting from said impulse are traveling to and being received by said receiver, varying the instantaneous density of said mark in proportion to the instantaneous amplitude of the waves received by said receiver, and varying the average density of said mark in proportion to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well.
5. A method as in claim 4 in which said recording method comprises moving a photosensitive record strip lengthwise at a rate proportional to the speed of moving said transmitter and receiver through said well, projecting an exposure-producing light beam of intermediate intensity onto said strip at a constant distance from its edge in synchronism with each transmission of an impulse by said transmitter, sweeping said beam transversely across said strip in the direction of its width at a substantially constant rate during the time of traveling and arrival at said receiver of the resultant waves of said each impulse emission. varying the instantaneous intensity of said beam from said intermediate intensity in proportion to the instantaneous positive and negative amplitudes ofthe Waves impinging on said receiver, and varying said intermediate intensity in proportion to the speed of moving said seismic impulse transmitter and receiver through said well.
6. A recording method as in claim 5 in which the distance of lengthwise strip movement in the time interval between successive pulse emissions by said transmitter is substantially less than the thickness of said beam in the lengthwise direction of said strip, whereby the exposure at any exposed point on said strip accumulates during a plurality of sweeps of said beam.
7. Apparatus for recording seismic well logs while moving a seismic impulse transmitter and receiver of seismic waves through a well at substantially constant speed While maintaining said transmitter and receiver a small fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter to emit impulses and said receiver to detect the resultant seismic waves impinging thereon, said recording apparatus comprising means for moving a recordreceiving strip lengthwise at a rate proportional to the rate of movement of said transmitter and receiver in said well, means actuated by said transmitter for producing transverse marks of an intermediate density on said strip, each of said marks starting from a base line parallel to the strip edge in synchronism with the emission of an impulse by said transmitter and being drawn across said strip during the travel and arrival of the resultant seismic waves at said receiver, and means actuated by said receiver for controlling said mark-producing means to vary said intermediate density of marking in proportion to the instantaneous values of the amplitude of the waves received by said receiver.
8. Apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said recording apparatus comprises means for moving a photosensitive record strip lengthwise at a rate proportional to a speed of movement of said transmitter and receiver through said well, a source of exposure-producing light, means actuated by said transmitter for projecting an exposureproducing beam of intermediate intensity from said light source onto said strip at a constant distance from its edge in synchronism with each emission of an impulse by said transmitter, means for sweeping said beam transversely across said strip in the direction of its width at a substantiall),r constant rate during the time of traveling and arrival at said receiver of the resultant waves of each impulse emission, and means actuated by said receiver for varying the instantaneous intensity of said beam from said intermediate intensity in proportion to the instantaneous positive and negative amplitudes of the waves impinging on said receiver.
9. Apparatus as in claim 8 in which the thickness of said beam in the lengthwise direction of said strip is substantially greater than the distance of lengthwise strip movement between successive pulse emissions by said transmitter, whereby the exposure at any exposed point on said strip accumulates during a plurality of sweeps of said beam.
10. Apparatus for recording seismic well logs while moving a seismic impulse transmitter and a receiver of seismic waves through a well at a speed which may vary while maintaining said transmitter and receiver a small fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter to emit impulses and said receiver to detect the resultant seismic wave impinging thereon, said recording apparatus comprising7 means for moving a record- !eceiving strip lengthwise in proportion to the movement of said transmitter and receiver in said well, means actuated by said transmitter for initiating marking of said strip at a base line on said strip parallel to one edge thereof in synehronism with the emission of an impulse by said transmitter, means for extending the mark produced by said mark-initiating means across said strip at a constant rate during the time of travel and arrival of the seismic waves resulting from said impulse at said receiver, means actuated by said receiver for varying the density of marking of said strip above and below an average density in proportion to the positive and negative instantaneous amplitudes of the wave impinging on said receiver, means responsive to the speed of movement of said transmitter and receiver, and means actuated by said speedresponsive means to change said average density in proportion to changes in said speed.
11. Apparatus as in claim It) wherein said recording apparatus comprises means for moving a photosensitive record strip lengthwise in accordance With the movement of said transmitter and receiver through said well, a light source, means for projecting a beam of exposure-producing light from said source onto said record strip, means for sweeping said beam across said strip in the direction of its width at a substantially constant rate, means actuated by said transmitter for initiating the sweeping of said beam by said beam-sweeping means at a base line on said strip synchronously with the emission of each impulse by said transmitter, means actuated by said receiver for varying the intensity of said beam impinging on said strip from an average value in proportion to the positive and negative instantaneous amplitudes of the waves impinging on said receiver, means responsive to the speed of movement of said transmitter and receiver through said well, and means actuated by said speed-responsive means tor varying the average value of said intensity in proportion to the variations of said speed detected by said speed-responsive means.
12. Apparatus as in claim 11 in which the thickness of said beam in the lengthwise direction of said strip is substantially greater than the distance of lengthwise strip movement between successive pulse emissions by said transmitter, whereby the exposure at any exposed point on said strip accumulates during n plurality of sweeps of said beam.
J3. The method of recording scismic wcll logs while moving a .reis/nic impulse transmitter and o receiver of seismic waves through o wcll ut substantial] y constant .vpccd while maintaining .void transmitter ond rcccivcr o smo/l hxed distance npr/rt onfl repeatedly causing said trousmitter to emit impulses and said rcccivcr to dctcct thc rc- .sultont seismic waves impinging thereon, which recording method comprises moving a record-receiving strip lcngtltwis@ in proportion to thc .speed of moving,7 said transmitter und rcccivcr through said well, initiating o mark ot a hust line porollcl to the cdgc of said strip .sulmtontiolly in syncllronisnz with thc transmission of cach impulse through the wcll formations', attending said mark continuous/y and linearly with time across sold strip in the dircction of its width during the time interval whi/c thc seismic waves rcsulting from said impulse are being rcccivcd by said rcccivcr| and varying thc dtuzsity of .void mor/c in proportion to thc instuntuncrms amplitude of the wnvcs reccivcd by sold rcccivcr.
14. A method os in cluim I3 in which scid recording method comprises moving o photoscnsitive record strip lengthwise at n rote proptnlionnl to thc spccd of moving soid transmitter und rccciver through said wcll, projecting un exporme-producing light beam of intermediate intensity onto suid strip ot u constant distance j rom its edge in synchronism with the transmission of cach impulse through tht7 well formations, swccping sold hcom tronstfcrscly across .mid strip in the direction of its width ot a substanrial/y constant rate during the time of arrivo] ot said rcccivcr of the resultant waves of cach impulse emission, and tutrying thc intensity of .raid bcnm from said intermediate intcnsity in proportion to the instantaneous positive und negative mnplitudcs of the uf'ovcs impinging on said receiver.
I 5. Apparatus for recording seismic wcll logs by moving a seismic impulse transmitter and o rcccivcr of seismic waves through o well at .substantially constant spccd while maintaining said transmitter und receiver n sn'zall )fixed distance apart and repeatedly causing said transmitter t0 @mit impulses und .mid receiver to detcct the resultant .seismic waves impinging thereon, said recording apparatus comprising means for moving u record-rccciving strip lengthwise at a rote proportional t0 thc rntc of movement of soid transmitter and rcccivcr in said well, means uctuotcd in synchro/:ism with the transmission of euch impulse through the well formations for producing transverse marks of an intermediate density on said strip, each of said marks starting from u bose linc patrol/cl to the strip ridge ond being drawn across .said strip during the arrival of the resultant seismic waves at said receiver, und means actuated by said receiver for controlling said mark-producing means to vary .mid intcrmcdiotc density of murking in proportion to the instantaneous volucs of the amplitude of the waves received by said receiver.
I6. Apparatus os in claim l5 whcrcin said recording oppnratus con'ipriscs moans for moving a photoscnsitivc record strip lengthwise ot o rouI proportional to the speed 0f movement of .mid transmittcr und receiver through said tvc/l, n source of cxposurta-producing light, mcons actuated in synchro/risul with thc trnnsmission of cach impulse through thc wel! formations for projecting on avposnrcproducing hmm of intermediate intcnsity from .mid light source onto said strip ot o constant distance from its cdgc, mcons for sweeping Suid hcam transverse/ v across said strip in the direction of its width at r1 substantially constant rote during the time of arrival at soid rcccivcr of thc resultant wovcs of cach impulse emission, and mcons nctuotcd by said rcccivcr for varying thc instrmtoncous intensity of said bcnm from .said intcrmcdint@ intensity in proportion to the instantaneous positive und negative amplitudes of the waves impinging on snid rcccivcr.
References Cited by the Examiner The following references, cited by `the Examiner, are of record in the patented tile of this patent or the original patent.
(Other references ou foilowing page) UNITED 9 STATES PATENTS Lehmann 179-1003 McCormick 346-110 Vrick 315-24 Summers 181-.5 Eisler 346-74 10 2,907,621 10/1959 Eisler 346-74 3,048,847 8/ 1962 Frost et a1. 346-110 3,081,838 3/1963 Platt 181-.5
5 BENJAMIN A. BORCHELT, Primary Examiner.
W. KUJAWA, Assistant Examiner.
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