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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Cung Khac VU, Houston, TX (US);
Dipen N. Sinha, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Cristian Pantea, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Cung Khac Vu, Houston, TX (US);
Dipen N. Sinha, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Cristian Pantea, Los Alamos, NM (US);
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for investigating structure near a borehole are described herein. The method includes generating an acoustic beam by an acoustic source; directing at one or more azimuthal angles the acoustic beam towards a selected location in a vicinity of a borehole; receiving at one or more receivers an acoustic signal, the acoustic signal originating from a reflection or a refraction of the acoustic wave by a material at the selected location; and analyzing the received acoustic signal to characterize features of the material around the borehole.