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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2011
Feyzi Inanc, Spring, TX (US);
W. Allen Gilchrist, Fort Davis, TX (US);
Eric Sullivan, Houston, TX (US);
Tu Tien Trinh, Houston, TX (US);
Yi Liu, Houston, TX (US);
Feyzi Inanc, Spring, TX (US);
W. Allen Gilchrist, Fort Davis, TX (US);
Eric Sullivan, Houston, TX (US);
Tu Tien Trinh, Houston, TX (US);
Yi Liu, Houston, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an apparatus for determining formation density. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a bottomhole assembly having a drill bit attached to end thereof for drilling through a formation, a first sensor in the drill bit configured to provide first signals for determining a first density of the formation proximate to the drill, a second sensor distal from the first sensor configured to provide signals for determining density of a second density of the formation, and a processor configured to determine the formation density from the first density and the second density.