ON THE POSSIBILITY OF ACOUSTIC PROBING OF GAS WELLS
V. Sh. Shagapov,a Z. A. Bulatova,b and A. V. Shcheglovb UDC 532.529.534.2 The possibility of probing the critical areas of gas wells using acoustic signals is analyzed. The results of investigations on the evolution of acoustic waves in cylindrical channels with permeable portions surrounded by a porous space are presented. The quantitative and qualitative features of the dynamics of waves as a function of the state of an inhomogeneous porous medium are established. Results showing that the state of the reservoir characteristics of rocks has a substantial influence on the evolution of acoustic signals are obtained. aInstitute of Mechanics, Ufa Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 71 Prospekt Oktyabrya, Ufa, 450000, Russia; bSterlitamak State Pedagogical Academy, 37 Prospekt Lenina, Sterlitamak, 453103, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 118-126, July-August, 2007. Original article submitted December 5, 2005; revision submitted March 1, 2006.