THICKNESS PROCESSING OVERVIEW

• MIPSPro imports and combines thickness, measured ID and/or

measured OD for analysis and visualisation.

• MIPSPro can analyse sensor data with single reading per depth
frame (e.g. ODT) and the array sensors (like the MTT), with or
without accompanying multi-finger caliper data.

Thickness Menu

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Thickness Processing Overview

OVERVIEW OF TYPICAL CURRENT SENSOR COMBINATIONS TO MEASURE
ID & THICKNESS

Sensor Tool ID Thickness OD

Type examples
Mechanical MFC Direct sampling of None None
radii (MFC)
Mechanical + MFC + MTD, Direct sampling of Calibrated average Average OD
Single EM ODT radii (MFC)
(Far field eddy)
Array EM HRVRT, CIT Inner defects From Nominal and Outer defects
(Flux leakage) ID /OD defects
Mechanical + MFC + MTT Direct sampling of Calibrated array ID + Thickness
Array EM radii (MFC)
(Near field eddy)
Mechanical + MFC + HRVRT Radii (MFC) and From ID and OD Outer defects
Array EM Defects (HRVRT)
(Flux leakage)
Acoustic caliper USIT, CAST Radii from TT Thickness from ID + Thickness
and fluid velocity waveform phase

Note
• This is not an exhaustive list of tool examples.
• Each sensor type has pros/cons with regards to accuracy, noise, and borehole conditions .

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OBJECTIVES OF THICKNESS DATA

In combination with Multi-finger caliper

• Caliper data provides a reliable sampling of pipe inner radius.

• The thickness sensor can then be used to give some indication of the external
condition of the tubing/casing.
• Some thickness tools cannot discriminate between internal/external damage; In
this case thickness data is added to the ID (from the caliper) to derive a
calculated OD.
• Data from thickness tools which produce estimates of inner defects and outer
defects can be processed to produce measured ID and measured OD. The
baseline ID for each joint can be derived from the caliper data.

Run without caliper

• The thickness tool should show thickness anomalies, but not all tools will show
whether these are internal or external.

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LIMITATIONS OF THICKNESS DATA

• Measurements rely on analysis of more complex physics than caliper

data.

• The most common form of measurement (eddy current) is influenced by

multiple factors:
• Pipe size/weight
• Metallurgy
• Presence of external casings
• Temperature

• Most thickness tools return less readings circumferentially than caliper

tools This leads to questions about how well localised external damage
can be quantitatively evaluated.

• Misalignments in depth and azimuth between the caliper dataset and the
thickness dataset can result in anomalous results when the features are
localised.
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ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN PROCESSING COMBINED
CALIPER AND THICKNESS DATA IN MIPS

• Depth Correlation – easier if run as one string

• Depth Resolution – before combination, both caliper and thickness data
need have the same sample interval
• Interpolation of Thickness Data – needs to be same number of channels
(arms) as caliper tool
• Reorientation – both tools need to be rotated using the orientation (‘way-
up’) sensor run with each tool.
• ‘Ghost effects’ on EM thickness from secondary tubular collars need to
be removed.
• Thickness sensor response to collars is usually longer than caliper – you
will need separate PipeEndTables for caliper and thickness datasets
• Thickness sensor may have a “drift” associated with temperature – for
best results this may need to be “calibrated out”.
• Separate MIPS Layout files are required to visualise the different
datasets and the calculated OD dataset

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Thickness Processing Overview

PROCESSING WORKFLOW – ARRAY THICKNESS

Caliper MTT
Load Data Load Data (not radii)
Depth Resampling
Editing Possibly same points Editing
Depth Correction If same toolstring – EASY Depth Correction
Arm Interpolation
Centralise (recalibrate?) Possible recalibration based on
“clean joint”
Reorientation Reorientation
Statistics Statistics
Joint Detection Edit caliper JD file to accommodate “connection stretch” Joint Detection
Reporting Reporting

Calculated OD
Use Multi-Log Maths to Create OD Dataset – 2xMTT Plus Caliper
Run Statistics on OD Dataset
OD Reporting – use MTT Pipe End Table (Column header labels created in Joint analysis need editing)

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ARRAY THICKNESS – LOADING DATA

• In order for MIPS to recognise

array thickness data the
Mnemonics File should have
the prefix used in the .las file

• The Mnemonics File can be

edited using File/Project/Edit
Field Mnemonics (see
graphic)

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PROCESSING WORKFLOW – SINGLE READING THICKNESS

Caliper
Load Data Including Thickness Field Editing
Depth Correction
Centralise (recalibrate?)
Reorientation
Statistics
Joint Detection

Calculated OD
Use Auxiliary Log Maths to Create OD Dataset – Add Mean Caliper to
Thickness
Reporting - Include Calculated OD

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REPORTING

• Using MIPSReport creates separate listings for both caliper and thickness
datasets

• Graphs can be produced for caliper datasets

• MIPS Joint Analysis can create useful output from calculated OD datasets –
but headers need to be edited

• Alternatively .csv file output could be used to generate combined

listings/graphs

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