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    United States Patent 11» nn 3,709,032 Coles, Jr. et al. (45) Jan. 9, 1973 {s4] TEMPERATURE PULSED INJECTIVITY — 2,242,612 5/1941 cass NSA PROFILING Baars ioe sane anaes {75] Inventors: Rey D. Coles, Jr; Johannes H. M. faa " Thomeer, both of Houston; Carts A. Chase, Jr,, Pearland, all of Tex. Primary Esmee sey ee ve 173] Assignee: Shell Of! Company, New York, N.Y. forney—H. W. Coryell and Harald L. Denkler (22) Filed: Dee. 28, 1970 un AnsTRACT (21) Appl. No: 101,728 ‘A well logging process for measuring temperature to determine the injectivity profile ofa reservoir interval say ws. Snimproved by injecting 4 temperatare pulsing uid of Bae Known amouat and distinctive temperature within @ eal Short time, measuring a rate with depth of the tem- erature sccovery within the well, and determining the 561 Corresponding rate with, depth ofthe atow of Oud into the reservoir interval 2,739,475 UNITED STATES PATENTS 3/1956 Nowak. 5 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures PATENTEDJAN 9 1973 3,709,032 é is 5 ie i = 5 2 | & g B fli og ly 5 3 4 (! “ 1 < $ i Zz i | i, a TO BO ga Z WvENToRS: R.0-COLES, UR. JOHANNES H.M. THOMEER CURTIS A. CHASE, JR. ey: Hace XML THEIR ATTORNEY 3,709,032 1 ‘TEMPERATURE PULSED INJECTIVITY PROFILING BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION. ‘This invention felates to a well temperature logsing. (process for determining the. injectivity: profile of Tesorvolr interval inio which a well has been completed. The injectivity profile ofa reservoir interval is a measure of the rates at which an injected fluid will flow into the individual layers within the interval, Le. he ete wth depth ofthe Inflow of fino the rose. ‘Various well temperature logging procestes have ‘been previously proposed for obtaining various types of information. U.S. Pat. No. 2,739,475 describes such a process for determining the injectivity profile of a reservoir interval. Td the patented process, fluid having 2 temperature different from that ofthe reservoir inter- ‘val is infected until steady state of fluid inflow is at- tained. The temperature with depth within the well s ‘measured both during and’after the attainment of the steady stite inflow of fluid. The depths of the layers Imto which the fluid flows are determined from the variations in temperature with depth during the steady state injection. The rates at which fluid flows into in- dividual layers of the reservoir intervale are calculated from the differences between the temperature at each depth after the steady state fluid injection and the ex- ‘trapolated natural temperature at that depth. The necessity of eatablishing a steady state of fluid injection and either measuring or estimating the specific {Seothormal romperatures is a disadvantage. It is dif- floult to make such measurements or estimates with a significant degree of accuracy at a reasonable, cost. Moreover, after a long injection time, e:g., throughout {A period exceeding about a week, such s calculation of injection rates may become very inaccurate. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, quantities related to the injectivity profile of a reservoir interval Into which a well i compléted are inensured by inject ing a discrete slug of a temperature pulsing fluid and logging the rate of temperature recovery after the in- Jeotion is stopped. A: temperature pulsing Muid of Known and substantially inert composition is injected Into the reservoir imerval: in a known amount, at a known temperature different from the temperature of the reservoir interval, and within a known relatively short time. The tomperatures at different depths within, the well are measured at times at which they are recovering from the change caused by the injection of, the tomperature pulsing fluid and measurements are made of the rate with depth of the change of tempera- taro, The results of tho measurements are utilized to determine a rate with depth of fluid inflow that cor- responds to the distribution of the temperatures (In the ‘well and in the reservoir) that are due to the inflow of the known amount of temperature pulsing Mud of known heat content. ‘The temperature pulsing fluid can be either hotter or colder than the reservoir interval, itis important that Information be obtained on the amount of fluid that ‘was injected within a known and relatively short time, from about 1 10 24 hours (preferably from about 3 0 12 hours). If variations occur in the temperature of 2 the Mid, i important that information be obtained fon the magnitude with time of the variations. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 illustrates a vertical section of a reservoir in- tered being investigated in accordance with his inven. 5 FIG, 2 illustrates logs of temperatures within the reservoir interval of FIG. 1. 10 DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIG. 1 shows a reservoir interval 1 in fluid communi- ‘catlon with the borehole 2 of a woll. The interval con- ting earth formation layers 11, 12 and 13°having thickateases fy, and hy. The shaded portions 14, 15 ‘and 16 of the layers represent the relative extents 10 ‘which each i penetrated by a fluid that was injected into the coservoir interval within a celatively short 20 jection time FIG. 2 represents the temperature with depth in borehole 2 at a shutin'time f and a shut-in time # + 1 ‘after the injection into the reservoir Interval of a tem- perature pulsing fluid hotter than the reservoir. Ateach depth within the reservoir interval measurements are made rolative 10 the rate at which the temperature ie recovering from the change caused by the injection of | ‘the hot fluid. The rate per unit difference between tn- Jected fluid temperature and intial layer temperature ls ‘compared with the shut-in time t divided by the total time t+ ¢, The- wellbore temperature at » given foras- ton layer is expressed by the equation: 2 ROSE) 20 3s where ‘T, = otiginal formation temaperature before i ‘of fluid. (temperature) ‘Tem temperature of fluid injected into the formation, ‘Gemperature) T(2) = observed wellbore temperature (a function of tinvet), (temperature) Jeagth of injection eycle, (time) time measured fron inctant injection of fluid la stopped, (time) Ym mC adda Kags (dimensionless) ‘m= mass injection rate of Ould per unit of formation thickness, (rmase)/(length) (time), Gay beat Capacity Of fluid phase, Cenergy)/

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