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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Hans-martin Maurer, Houston, TX (US);
David R. Beard, Houston, TX (US);
Rashid W. Khokar, Houston, TX (US);
Hans-Martin Maurer, Houston, TX (US);
David R. Beard, Houston, TX (US);
Rashid W. Khokar, Houston, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for estimating a parameter of interest of an earth formation. An apparatus includes an elongated support member; a primary transmitter on the elongated support member; and a receiver toroid on the elongated support member, the receiver toroid being positioned transversely on the elongated support member and including a single coil antenna. Methods include positioning a logging tool in a borehole in the earth formation; using a transverse receiver toroid on an elongated support member on the logging tool, wherein the transverse receiver toroid includes a single coil antenna; and producing a signal responsive to an electrical signal produced by a primary transmitter.