Electric field analysis in the Earth considering attenuation of electromagnetic waves propagated in lossy media

Author

Maekawa, T. ; Shimada, T. ; Inoue, S. ; Jitsumori, A. ; Okumura, N. ; Akizuki, K.

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Hyogo, Japan

Volume

28

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1477

Lastpage

1480

Abstract

It is pointed out that, in the field of oil well drilling, EM-MWD (electromagnetic measurement while drilling) offers many advantages. The EM-MWD system can transmit measured data from the well bottom to the surface at high speed using electromagnetic waves. Developing the EM-MWD technology requires analysis of the electric field around a drill string. A novel computer simulation method has been developed which considers attenuation of electromagnetic waves propagated in lossy media, the Earth, using features of analysis models. The simulation method can be applied to waveform simulation. This method has been verified by field experiments using a borehole of 500-m depth

Keywords

digital simulation; electric fields; electromagnetic wave scattering; oil technology; EM-MWD; attenuation; borehole; computer simulation method; drill string; electric field; electromagnetic measurement; electromagnetic waves; lossy media; oil well drilling; simulation method; well bottom; Attenuation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Drilling; Earth; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Petroleum; Surface waves; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.123975

Filename

123975