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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Sergey Egerev, Moscow, RU;
Victor Yushin, Moscow, RU;
Oleg Ovchinnikov, Moscow, RU;
Xiao Ming Tang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Douglas J. Patterson, Spring, TX (US);
Zarema Dubinsky, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sergey Egerev, Moscow, RU;
Victor Yushin, Moscow, RU;
Oleg Ovchinnikov, Moscow, RU;
Vladimir Dubinsky, Houston, TX (US);
Xiao Ming Tang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Douglas J. Patterson, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/02 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/307 (2013.01); G01V 1/159 (2013.01); G01V 1/50 (2013.01); G01V 2210/6226 (2013.01); G01V 2210/626 (2013.01);
Abstract
Measurements of impedance are made using a piezoelectric transducer oriented at different angles to a formation bedding plane. The impedance measurements are then used to estimate the anisotropic velocity of the formation.