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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2004
Gamal Shehab, New Orleans, LA (US);
Robert D. Mann, New Orleans, LA (US);
Brian Abbott, Belle Chasse, LA (US);
James F. Minear, Belle Chasse, LA (US);
David Gillis, New Orleans, LA (US);
George R. Kear, New Orleans, LA (US);
Gamal Shehab, New Orleans, LA (US);
Robert D. Mann, New Orleans, LA (US);
Brian Abbott, Belle Chasse, LA (US);
James F. Minear, Belle Chasse, LA (US);
David Gillis, New Orleans, LA (US);
George R. Kear, New Orleans, LA (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for generating a seismic signal in a wellbore includes an elongated housing configured to be disposed in the wellbore; a piston slidably disposed in an internal bore in the elongated housing; a strike plate fixed on the elongated housing proximate one end of the internal bore; and an energizing mechanism configured to move the piston to hit the strike plate. A downhole system for seismic survey of a formation penetrated by a wellbore includes at least one seismic receiver; a seismic source; and at least one inflatable packer configured to separate the seismic source and the at least one seismic receiver in different compartments in the wellbore when inflated.