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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2001
Richard A. Rosthal, Houston, TX (US);
Dean M. Homan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dzevat Omeragic, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Stephen D. Bonner, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Brian Clark, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Scott S. Chesser, Richmond, TX (US);
Thomas D. Barber, Houston, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A shield apparatus for use in conjunction with a well tool to selectively attenuate one or more electromagnetic energy field components as the components interact with the shield. The shield composed of a flexible strip or conductive body and comprising at least one sloped slot or sloped conductive element therein. The shield being adapted to surround an antenna mounted on a well tool. A method for rotating the axis of the magnetic dipole of a transmitter or receiver coil. A method for winding and shielding an electric coil such that the resultant coil emits or receives selected electromagnetic energy field components.