Abstract
Summary A cross-dipole technology was used to evaluate a carbonate formation in southeastern New Mexico to determine fracture trends in a waterflooded environment. The measurements were first made in open hole, then in cased hole before and after fracture stimulation. The cross-dipole data were processed to find the amount of shear-wave anisotropy and the associated azimuth. The results demonstrate that stimulated fractures create a substantial anisotropy and a well-defined azimuth behind casing. More important, by evaluating the anisotropy magnitude and azimuth from the cased-hole data, we can determine the fracture extent along the borehole and its azimuth in the formation. The fracture extent is also consistent with that from a radioactive tracer measurement. The results of this study suggest that cross-dipole acoustic logging is an effective technology for cased-hole fracture stimulation evaluation.
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