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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Xiao Ming Tang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Douglas J. Patterson, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Xiao Ming Tang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Douglas J. Patterson, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/44 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/44 (2013.01); E21B 47/02208 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of delineating a second wellbore from a first wellbore. The method includes, emitting acoustic waves from a tool in the first wellbore, receiving acoustic waves at the tool reflected from the second wellbore, and determining orientation and distance of at least a portion of the second wellbore relative to the tool.