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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2009
Applicants:

Emmanuel Legendre, Houston, TX (US);

Jean Seydoux, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Reza Taherian, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Jian Yang, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Qiming LI, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Emmanuel Legendre, Houston, TX (US);

Jean Seydoux, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Reza Taherian, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Jian Yang, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Qiming Li, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method to determine earth formation properties by positioning a logging tool within a wellbore in the earth formation, the logging tool having a tool rotation axis and a first, a second, and a third tilted transmitter coil, and a tilted receiver coil; rotating the logging tool about the tool rotation axis; energizing each transmitter coil; measuring a coupling signal between each transmitter coil and the receiver coil for a plurality of angles of rotation; determining a coupling tensor; and determining the earth formation properties using the coupling tensor.


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