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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Roland E. Chemali, Humble, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/50 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/50 (2013.01); G01V 2210/6224 (2013.01); G01V 2210/6226 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illustrative method that includes positioning an acoustic transducer downhole substantially parallel to a borehole wall, thereby creating a fluid layer between the wall and the acoustic transducer, and measuring an acoustic impedance at the surface of the acoustic transducer at a resonance frequency of the fluid layer, thereby determining an acoustic impedance of the formation.