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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Romain C. A. Prioul, Somerville, MA (US);

David L. Johnson, Somerville, MA (US);

Ralph M. D'Angelo, Weymouth, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/44 (2006.01); G01V 1/48 (2006.01); G01V 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/48 (2013.01); G01V 1/44 (2013.01); G01V 1/46 (2013.01); G01V 2200/16 (2013.01); G01V 2210/6222 (2013.01); G01V 2210/6242 (2013.01);
Abstract

A downhole acoustic logging tool includes at least one acoustic transmitter and first and second arrays of acoustic receivers deployed on a tool body. The first array of acoustic receivers includes a plurality of axially spaced apart acoustic receivers and the second array of acoustic receivers includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart acoustic receivers. A method for making downhole acoustic logging measurements of a subterranean formation includes causing an acoustic logging tool to obtain axial acoustic logging measurements and circumferential acoustic logging measurements. The axial acoustic logging measurements and the circumferential acoustic logging measurements are then processed to compute each of five elastic constants of a transversely isotropic medium.


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