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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2025
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jean Elkhoury, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard A. Birchwood, Cambridge, MA (US);
Romain Prioul, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/0875 (2020.05); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); G01V 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method including deploying a formation testing tool in a borehole, actuating first and second packers of the formation testing tool in the borehole, obtaining measurements in response to actuation of the first and second packers of the formation testing tool in the borehole, and analyzing the measurements to estimate at least a shear modulus (G) of a geological formation surrounding the borehole.