ImageTrak high-resolution ultrasonic borehole imaging service

Introducing ImageTrak™ UHD ultrasonic borehole imaging service—clarity where it counts.

Baker Hughes unveils a breakthrough in borehole imaging: ImageTrak UHD, a precise ultrasonic borehole imaging service designed to deliver high-resolution visuals in the most challenging subsurface conditions. Whether navigating unstable formations, complex well paths, or thinly bedded zones, ImageTrak UHD service captures real-time acoustic images that wireline tools often miss. Compatible with both water- and oil-based mud systems, the service empowers operators to make faster, more confident decisions in well development, geological evaluation, and structural integrity management.

Overcome geomechanical challenges and reduce NPT

Poor borehole quality and/or stability issues stem from various root causes, such as inherent formation characteristics, a poorly designed or matched drilling fluid, and/or mechanical problems caused by bottomhole assembly (BHA) vibration. Because these issues result in major revenue losses, you need a service that will help you evaluate formation problems. The ImageTrak ultrasonic transducers measure amplitude and travel time, generating a 256-sector image of the wellbore. The amplitude image represents acoustic impedance contrasts of the borehole wall, allowing you to identify and evaluate variations within lithology, bedding, lamination, or physical rock features. The ImageTrak service provides you the visibility to reduce nonproductive time (NPT) and lower the risk of losing a BHA in the hole when you have to drill difficult wells with geomechanical challenges.

Optimize completion design, maximize hydrocarbon production

In unconventional applications, fractures are the key to productivity of a well. During drilling, the wellbore will have natural and induced fractures, and they can be opened or closed. The ImageTrak service travel-time image displays the oriented borehole shape and size, so you can assess the distance of the transducer to the wellbore wall. This is advantageous for identifying opened, closed, and mineralized fractures. The ImageTrak service provides you with high-quality images that will facilitate an optimum completion design so you can maximize hydrocarbon production and minimize water production.

The ImageTrak service operates in oil- and water-based drilling mud systems that have a wide range of mud weights. The system’s high sampling rate and three transducers support penetration rates up to 400 ft/hr (122 m/h) and can correct for wellbore eccentricity effects.

Contact Baker Hughes to learn why ImageTrak UHD service is the predictable, productive, and profitable choice for borehole imaging—delivering the clarity needed for detailed reservoir characterization, structural interpretation, and wellbore integrity management.