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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Babak Kouchmeshky, Kingwood, TX (US);
Otto N. Fanini, Stafford, TX (US);
Alberto Mezzatesta, Houston, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for evaluating an earth formation intersected by a borehole. Methods include using at least one transmitter to generate electromagnetic (EM) waves propagating through the formation; generating measurement signals at at least one receiver responsive to the propagating EM waves; taking a plurality of propagation measurements from the measurement signals representative of the propagating EM waves, where each propagation measurement of the plurality comprises at least one of: i) a relative phase shift between a first wave of the plurality of propagating EM waves and a second wave of the plurality of propagating EM waves; and ii) a relative attenuation between a first wave of the plurality of propagating EM waves and a second wave of the plurality of propagating EM waves; and performing a single inversion which uses the plurality of propagation measurements as input and generates at least one petrophysical parameter as output.