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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2023
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Hsu-Hsiang Wu, Houston, TX (US);

Jin MA, Houston, TX (US);

Yi Jing Fan, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/28 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/28 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and/or system comprising: disposing a bottom hole assembly into a wellbore, wherein the bottom hole assembly comprises: a transmitter sub comprising a transmitter coil; a first receiver sub comprising a first receiver coil; transmitting an electromagnetic wave into a subterranean formation with the transmitter coil; receiving a plurality of response signals with the first receiver coil, wherein the plurality of response signals are from two or more depths and are formed from the electromagnetic wave interacting with the subterranean formation. Additionally, the method and/or system may be configured to analyze a gradient of the response signals to determine if the gradient exceeds a threshold, wherein the threshold indicates a presence of a fracture or fault.


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