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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2007
Arcady Reiderman, Houston, TX (US);
David R. Beard, Houston, TX (US);
Carl M. Edwards, Katy, TX (US);
Arcady Reiderman, Houston, TX (US);
David R. Beard, Houston, TX (US);
Carl M. Edwards, Katy, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A magnet assembly for measuring properties of a formation from a borehole, the magnet assembly including a first device and a second device, each device adapted for insertion into the borehole, the first device producing a first magnetic field, the second device producing a second magnetic field; wherein the second magnetic field is configurable for one of reinforcing and reducing the first magnetic field; and wherein the first device comprises a permanent magnet and the second device comprises at least one of one of a switchable magnet and switching windings.