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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:
Dec. 07, 1999

Filed:

Mar. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Christopher V Kimball, West Redding, CT (US);

Pawel Lewicki, Jersey City, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 31 ; 367 38 ;
Abstract

A method of analyzing Stoneley waveforms obtained in a well logging operation, includes analyzing the waveforms by means of multiparameter inversion using one or more externally provided parameters to obtain borehole fluid slowness and borehole fluid attenuation. and analyzing the Stoneiey waveforms by multiparameter inversion using the borehole fluid slowness and borehole fluid attenuation and the externally provided parameters so as to determine a parameter, such as mobility, related to permeability of the formation being logged. Complex conjugate back propagation [using a maximum likelihood/least mean squares error estimator or] by applying Prony's method and fitting model-derived dispersion curves can be used to obtain mobility.


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