US 12,031,431 B2
Downhole acoustic wave generation systems and methods
Henri-Pierre Valero, Paris (FR); Hugues Dupont, Abbeville (FR); Pierre Clery, Abbeville (FR); Pierre-Yves Corre, Abbeville (FR); German Garcia, Katy, TX (US); Alejandro Martinez Pereira, Katy, TX (US); and Hadrien Dumont, Paris (FR)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,744.
Prior Publication US 2023/0383649 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 49/10 (2006.01); E21B 33/124 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 49/10 (2013.01) [E21B 33/1243 (2013.01); E21B 49/088 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
conveying, via a tool conveyance system, a downhole tool into a wellbore traversing a subterranean formation, wherein the tool conveyance system comprises one or more acoustic receivers;
generating acoustic waves to propagate through the subterranean formation using the downhole tool, wherein the downhole tool is a formation testing tool or a formation measurement tool, and wherein generating comprises a one of pulsing a pressure of a pump that is pumping a sample fluid through the formation testing tool and pulsing a pressure through a drain port of the formation testing tool;
controlling generation of the acoustic waves utilizing at least one of a tool control system and a surface control system; and
detecting, using one or more acoustic receivers of the tool conveyance system, the acoustic waves.