MULTIPLE SURFACE EXCITATION METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF DRILLING OPERATIONS TO EXISTING WELLS

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EP 4 234 880 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.09.2023 Bulletin 2023/36

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	30.08.2023 Bulletin 2023/35

(21)	Application number: 23178550.2

(22)	Date of filing: 30.11.2018

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E21B 47/0228^(2012.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	E21B 47/0228

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	18941139.0 / 3833850

(71)	Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
	Houston, TX 77032 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	FAN, Yijing 150088 SIngapore (SG) WU, Hsu-Hsiang Sugar Land, TX 77479 (US) PAN, Li 648365 Singapore (SG)

(74)	Representative: Bone, Alexander Marcus Thomas
	AA Thornton IP LLP 8th Floor, 125 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1AR London EC2N 1AR (GB)

(54)	MULTIPLE SURFACE EXCITATION METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF DRILLING OPERATIONS TO EXISTING WELLS

(57) A method and system for determining a position of a second production wellbore. The method may comprise inducing a first current into a first conductive member with a first source, emitting a first magnetic field generated by the first current from the first conductive member into a formation, inducing a second current into a second conductive member with a second source, emitting a second magnetic field generated by the second current from the second conductive member into the formation, disposing an electromagnetic sensor system into the second production wellbore, recording the first magnetic field with the at least one sensor from the formation, and recording the second magnetic field with the at least one sensor from the formation. The system may comprise a first source, an electromagnetic sensor system, at least one sensor and an information handling system configured to determine the position of the second production wellbore.

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