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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Kais Gzara, Tunis, TN;
Kamal Babour, Bures sur Yvette, FR;
Michael Wilt, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Ahmed El-banbi, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Kais Gzara, Tunis, TN;
Kamal Babour, Bures sur Yvette, FR;
Michael Wilt, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Ahmed El-Banbi, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for characterizing parts of a reservoir surrounding a borehole are provided including using at least one transmitter to emit a probing signal into the borehole and at least one receiver to receive a signal representing a response of the formation to the probing signal, with the distance separating the transmitter and the receiver being variable while suspended in the borehole using for example an apparatus which can be decoupled in the borehole into a stationary and a mobile section, carrying transmitter and receiver.