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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1991
Sergio Kostek, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Thomas J Plona, New Milford, CT (US);
Shu-Kong Chang, West Redding, CT (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing or eliminating the effects of a quadrupole component of an acoustic signal received from a transversely mounted acoustic source in a drill collar of a logging while drilling tool. The apparatus includes a drill collar for supporting a drill bit, a transversely mounted transmitter situated in a first horizontal plane in the drill collar which transmits acoustic energy into an earth formation. The drill collar also houses at least one receiver mounted in a second horizontal plane in the drill collar at an angular displacement from the transmitter such that the effects of a quadrupole component of the acoustic energy detected by the receiver are rendered insignificant.