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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Michael S. Bittar, Houston, TX (US);
Randal T. Beste, Houston, TX (US);
Vadim Yuryevich Minosyan, Houston, TX (US);
Mark A. Sitka, Richmond, TX (US);
Michael S. Bittar, Houston, TX (US);
Randal T. Beste, Houston, TX (US);
Vadim Yuryevich Minosyan, Houston, TX (US);
Mark A. Sitka, Richmond, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Logging tools having protected tilted antennas are disclosed, along with construction methods therefor. In one method embodiment, a tilted antenna on a retrievable segment of a downhole tool is constructed by: forming an elliptical recess on the segment; forming an antenna within the elliptical recess; and forming an elliptical pattern of windows over and perpendicular to the axis of the elliptical antenna. Some tool embodiments comprise a retrievable segment of a downhole tool having an elliptical recess; an elliptical antenna disposed within the elliptical recess; and an elliptical pattern of windows formed over and perpendicular to the plane of the elliptical antenna.