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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994

Filed:

Sep. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Voldi E Maki, Jr, Austin, TX (US);

Michael L Gartner, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ; G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73152 ; 250264 ; 250266 ; 166250 ;
Abstract

A porosity measuring MWD system utilizing a source and two detectors is set forth. The source and two detectors are preferably mounted in a stabilizer fin on a drill collar. A standoff measuring device is also included. Dependent on dynamically measured standoff, output pulses from the two detectors are input to storage counters; different counters are selected for different ranges of standoff. Porosity measurements are determined from the counts for variations in standoff measurements; this provides a near/far ratio for ranges of standoff; as the standoff range varies, the counts are directed to different counters. Near/far ratios are determined and represent the apparent porosity; a corrected value of porosity is then determined for each particular range of standoff.


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