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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Vladimir Dubinsky, Houston, TX (US);
Xiao Ming Tang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Yibing Zheng, Houston, TX (US);
Douglas J. Patterson, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Vladimir Dubinsky, Houston, TX (US);
Xiao Ming Tang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Yibing Zheng, Houston, TX (US);
Douglas J. Patterson, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A phased array of transducers is used to generate elastic waves into the earth formation in a selected direction. The impedance measured at the input to the transducer array is indicative of the elastic impedance of the earth formation in the selected direction.