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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Michael Wilt, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Garrett Kramer, El Sobrante, CA (US);
Michael Wilt, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Garrett Kramer, El Sobrante, CA (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method that involves developing an electromagnetic property model of a near surface area and using this electromagnetic property model and electromagnetic data acquired using one or more electromagnetic transmitters located above the near surface area and one or more electromagnetic receivers located within a wellbore to determine one or more electromagnetic properties of a subsurface area. Also an electromagnetic data acquisition system that includes one or more electromagnetic transmitters capable of being operated on the earth's surface, one or more first electromagnetic receivers capable of being operated within a wellbore and capable of receiving signals from the one or more electromagnetic transmitters, and one or more second electromagnetic receivers capable of being located on the earth's surface near the one or more electromagnetic transmitters and capable of receiving signals from the one or more electromagnetic transmitters. Related embodiments are also described.