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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:
Nov. 10, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard M Alford, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ; G01V / ; G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 41 ; 367 75 ; 364421 ;
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a method of seismic exploration. In particular, a novel method of obtaining a vertical seismic profile of the earth's subterranean formation surrounding a well borehole with a horizontally direct swept frequency vibrator and a multicomponent sonde is provided. Additionally, a method is provided to azimuthally align the geophones of the multicomponent sonde having horizontal axes.