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.