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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Toshihiro Kinoshita, Sagamihara, JP;
Alain Dumont, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Toshihiro Kinoshita, Sagamihara, JP;
Alain Dumont, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/48 (2013.01); G01V 2210/626 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to determine anisotropy indicators for subterranean formations are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes computing a first shear slowness value from measured quadrupole waves, computing a second shear slowness value from measured Stoneley waves, and comparing the first and second shear slowness values to determine an anisotropy indicator representative of anisotropy of a subterranean formation.