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Dual guard logging apparatus

CA 1104651 A · Owner: Halliburton Company · Inventors: Ajam, Sami O.; Mccarty, Benjiman R.

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A method and apparatus is disclosed wherein simultaneous logs may be made at different lateral distances through a formation from a borehole by guard electrode systems located on a sonde which is lowered into the borehole by a logging cable. A single oscillator controls the frequency of two formation currents flowing through the formation at the desired different lateral depths from the borehole. The armor of the logging cable acts as the current return for one of the guard electrode systems and a cable elec-, trode in a cable electrode assembly immediately above the logging sonde acts as the current return for the second guard electrode system. Two embodiments are also disclosed for …

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  • Granted July 7, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 7, 1998.
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FiledMay 3, 1978
GrantedJuly 7, 1981
Term endedJuly 7, 1998
Patent numberCA 1104651 A
Classification (IPC)G01V3/18 +1 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedMay 3, 1978Patent grantedJuly 7, 1981Term endedJuly 7, 1998

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