Electromagnetic Inspection Tool (EMIT)

Production Logging Tool

4.2 Operating and calibration procedures
Contents
Tool and file setup ................................................................................................................................ 1
Typical tool configuration ...................................................................................................................... 1
Set up for data acquisition .................................................................................................................... 1
Accept the temperature calibration values ............................................................................................ 4
Monitor the tool telemetry ..................................................................................................................... 5
Monitor the tool voltage......................................................................................................................... 5
Calibrate the capacitance ..................................................................................................................... 6
Calibrate the radioactive fluid density module ....................................................................................... 8
Appendix A: Normalizing the Gradiomanometer (Gradio) ..................................................................... 9
Production Logging Tool
The Production Logging Tool (PLT) consists of at least a base electronics module and a base sensor
section with an impeller (spinner) for flow measurement. It typically also includes an inline flowmeter,
and other modules may be added as needed for a specific test run.

Tool and file setup

Before you operate the PLT, you must calibrate it to your data management system.
These instructions assume that you are using the Warrior Logging SystemTM, version 7.0; if you use
other systems, you will need to adapt these instructions to your system’s needs. If you need additional
information on using the Warrior system, please refer to the full Warrior manual.
In this manual, slashes (/) represent the breadcrumbs to follow to a given destination. For example,
Monitor/Devices means to clink the Monitor tab to navigate to the Devices window.
After the Warrior Logging System is open, WLS refers to the Warrior Logging System window.
At least once a month, check the tool’s circuitry and sensor conditions to ensure that they have not been
damaged by use or exposure.

Typical tool configuration

The PLT always operates at the bottom of the tool string because no devices can attach to the
flowmeter impeller.

Set up for data acquisition

From the Warrior

Logging System
(WLS) window, follow
1 File/Service to select
the Probe PLT.

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 From the WLS*
window, check the After you have selected
Edit/Tools window all of the tools on the
to select each string, click Save Tool.
component of the
tool string.
Be sure the string
includes the correct
serial number for
2 each tool.
If the serial number
you need is not
shown, go to Step 4
to add it.
*You can also
access the Tools
Editor from the Tool
String Editor
window; see Step 3.

From the WLS

window, right-click
on the tool name to
open the Tool
String Editor
window.
Be sure all the tools
you are running
appear on the string
in the right order.
Right-click on the
tool descriptions to
3 verify the tool
serial numbers. If
they are incorrect,
double click to open
the Tools Editor
window and correct
them.
[Note: The far right-
hand column of this
window has a Tools
icon you can use to
add tools, which you
can drag into place on
the string.]

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 If the serial number
you need is not
listed in the Tools
Editor window, open
the Tool String
Editor (Step 3) and
right-click on the tool
description.
In the popup
window, click on
Properties.
Be sure the
4 Software in this
toolstring window
shows all of the tools
on the string.
Click the acronym
for the tool you are
adding. Type the
serial number
(engraved on the
tool body) into the
New Serial Number
window.
Click OK.

The NewTool
window will return
you to the Tools
Editor window.
Select
PRESSTEMP.
In the Sensor
window, left-click on
PRESS.
5 In the popup Edit
Temperature
Sensor window,
type in the Gauge
serial number,
which is printed near
the gauge on the
tool.
Do the same thing
for the PTEMP
sensor.

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 Return to the Tool
String Editor
window.
Right-click on the
tool description.
6 Choose Change
from the popup
window.
Select the tool you
just created.

Accept the temperature calibration values

From the WLS

1 window, click
Edit/Calibrations.

In the popup
window, double-click
the TEMP
2 calibrations.
(These values were
set at the Probe test
facility.)

In the popup
window, click Perm
to set these as
3 permanent
calibration values.

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Monitor the tool telemetry
For the system to capture information, the Telemetry Threshold must
resemble the example below. Initially, the signal will be a flat line across the
window, but it must be adjusted to fill the full vertical distance.
When the tool is
powered properly,
watch for the
telemetry signal to Positive
Set positive
appear in the discriminator
discriminator
Telemetry Threshold (across the top)
1 window.
Negative
Set negative
discriminator
discriminator
Adjust the AUX GAIN
(about 1/3 from
slider until the bottom)
telemetry signal fully
covers the height of
the window. The telemetry sent uphole from the tool is decoded from only the negative half
of the signal.

Use the sliders on the right-hand side of the window to set the discriminators.

Note: If the tool is not getting a usable signal, check for shorts or loose connections on the circuit board
or on the panel.
• If all connections are secure, check the supply current. If it is higher than 75 mA, check for
damage to the circuit board or the connectors. Damaged connectors may be cleaned or replaced
(request the manual for the type of connection your tool has), but circuit boards may need to be
replaced.

Monitor the tool voltage

Navigate from the

WLS window to
1 Action/Power
Control.

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 On the logging panel,
the green Line Enable
light will come on.
Flip the TOOL
POWER switch to
ON.
Adjust the POS
2 ADJUST knob until
the VOLTAGE reads
130. CURRENT will
probably adjust to
about 315.
The values should
remain steady during
the tests.

Calibrate the capacitance

Locate the
capacitance module
on the tool body.
Either wrap the
module in a
waterproof seal that
1 can hold liquids
completely around the
capacitor, or arrange The test fluids need to be of known density. Measure the density of ambient air,
to submerge the then prepare volumes of water and oil to completely submerge the capicitor.
module in the
If you cannot lower the tool into the fluids, wrap the module with a waterproof seal
prepared test fluids:
such as duct tape or a rubber sleeve fitted tight with zip ties or hose clamps. The
air, water, saltwater, seal must wrap far enough around the module for the fluids to cover the capacitor
and oil. completely when filled, but you must be able to drain the fluids after testing.

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 From the WLS
window, choose
Action/Calibrate/
2 Capacitance Water
Hold Up.

Leave the sleeve Do we do anything with these values? Since we know the known values and the
around the capacitor measured values, do we have to do anything to tell Warrior how to calibrate them?
empty.
Click Sample next to
the Gas Reading.
When the sample
value appears, click
3 Accept.
Fill the sleeve with
water and Sample
the water reading.
Empty the water
completely and fill the
sleeve with oil.
Sample again.

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Calibrate the radioactive fluid density module

If your tool includes a

radioactive fluid
density module, wrap
it in a sleeve as you
1 did the capacitance
module. The test fluids need to be of known density. Measure the density of ambient air,
then prepare volumes of water, salt water, and oil to completely submerge the
Be sure fluids will capicitor.
completely cover the
radioactive source If you cannot lower the tool into the fluids, wrap the module with a waterproof
seal such as duct tape or a rubber sleeve fitted tight with zip ties or hose
clamps. The seal must wrap far enough around the module for the fluids to
cover the source completely when filled, but you must be able to drain the fluids
after testing.

From the WLS

window, choose
2 Action/Calibrate/
FDEN.

Leave the sleeve

around the density The values for these
module empty. fluids should be
approximately these:
Write the known
values for the fluids Air = 0 g/cc
you are testing in the Oil = 0.8 g/cc
Water = 0.995 g/cc
top fields.
Saltwater = 1.1 g/cc
3 Follow the
instructions to the
right to sample each
of the fluids.
Be sure to follow the 1. Click Sample next to the Air Reading. When the sample value appears,
click Accept.
order of sampling as
2. Fill the sleeve with water and Sample the Water Reading.
specified. 3. Empty the water completely and fill the sleeve with salt water. Sample the
Saltwater Reading.
4. Empty the salt water completely and rinse the sleeve with fresh water. Fill
the sleeve with oil and Sample the Oil Reading.

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Appendix A: Normalizing the Gradiomanometer (Gradio)

Do not try to normalize the Gradio in air. The physics

of measurement prevent air normalization from working.
Normalize the measurement in pressures closest
to the pressure of the well you are trying to log.

Note: If you will be running the PLT tool with the UniTool in memory mode, you will need to collect all data
during the tool run and calibrate the tool with these normalization procedures after the run is finished.

The first normalization point can be either at the surface or in the hole:
Choose two
1 normalization
points.
1. To collect data during the pressure test at the surface, go to Step 2.
2. To collect data in a no-flow zone in the wellbore, skip to Step 5.
The second point will be in a no-flow zone below the perforation.

Fill the pressure equipment with a clear fluid like water and pressure up to
Nominalization 120% of the maximum expected wellhead pressure or 1,000 psi (whichever is
higher). Suspend the tool in the fluid.
2 Point 1
at the surface Allow 20 to 30 minutes for the quartz pressure to stabilize.
Start a log with both pressure sensors operating. The difference in reading
between the two pressure sensors should be 2.3 psi/ft.

If the difference between the two sensors is other than 2.3 psi/ft, you will need
to normalize them. Follow these steps:
Adjust the Gradio • Find the distance between the two sensors on the tool.
3 pressure sensor. • Calcluate the normalization value from the equation below:
p(gradio sensor) = p(PLT sensor) - 2.3 × the distance between two sensors
• Enter the answer into the normalization field in the software.

Run a second log and make sure you are measuring a 1gr/cc for the Gradio
Relog the same
4 zone.
measurement.
Skip to Step 7.

Normalization Alternatively, run a depth log and shift the curve from the Gradio sensor by
5 Point 1 the distance between the two pressure sensors.
in the wellbore

Adjust the Gradio Adjust the Gradio quartz sensor by the value you measured in the Step 5.
6 pressure sensor.

Select a no-flow zone below the perforations. This will usually be below the
Normalization lowest perforation in the well.
7 Point 2 Allow 20 to 30 minutes for the quartz pressure to stabilize.
below the perforation
Monitor the spinner to be sure no fluid is moving in the test zone.

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8 Start a time log. Set a logging time and record the readings from both pressure sensors.

Lower the tool by the distance between the two sensors and again record
the sensor readings. Record the following values:
• p1 = PLT pressure at depth D1
• p1G = Gradio pressure at depth D1
• p2 = PLT pressure at depth D2
Lower the tool to run
9 a second time log.
• p2G = Gradio pressure at depth D2
• D = D1 – D2 = distance between the pressure sensors on the tool
If the tool is operating properly, p1 = p2G. If not, find the offset value, x:
• x = p1 – p2G
Enter the offset value into the software.

Rerun the time log to be sure the Gradio is performing as expected.

Run a second time
10 log.
The offsets you have entered into the software should return the same (or very
nearly the same) readings from the two sensors; the correction value should
be in the range of zero +/-0.002 psi.

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