Patent ID: 9658360
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G01V

Claim:
1. A method for forming an image of logging data, the method comprising: (a) receiving a logging while drilling data set that comprises a first number data points obtained by a logging-while-drilling tool over a plurality of depths and at a plurality of azimuthal positions over the plurality of depths, at a processor; (b) selecting a borehole grid, the borehole grid including a plurality of pixels defining discrete azimuthal positions and depth positions in a borehole, in the processor, wherein the borehole grid comprises a second number of pixels, wherein the second number of pixels is greater than the first number of data points in the logging while drilling data set; (c) mapping each of the data points of the logging while drilling data set received in (a) to at least one pixel the borehole grid selected in (b) such that an azimuthal position and a depth position is assigned to each data point in the data set, while at least one pixel is not mapped to any of the data points and therefore is empty, in the processor; and (d) filling the at least one empty pixel determined from (c) with an interpolated data value via interpolation to obtain the image of the logging data, in the processor.