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Method and apparatus for optimizing the reception pattern of the antenna of a propagating electromagnetic wave logging tool

CA 1289620 C · Owner: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. · Inventors: Rodney, Paul Frederick; Bartel, Roger Paul

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A conventional electromagnetic logging device having, both MWD and wire line embodiments and having a pair of, cutout spaced along the length of the tool mandrel each, cutout having a length of greater than 4.0 inches as measured along the longitudinal axis of the tool is, modified by adding a pair of full metal jackets around the pair of cutouts. The first metal jacket placed around the first cutout in the mandrel has an additional cutout therein having a length in the range of 1.0 to 4.0 inches and a depth in the range of .25 to 1.0 inch. A transmitting antenna is placed in the cutout in the first metal jacket. The second metal jacket placed around the second cutout of the tool mandrel …

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  • Granted September 24, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 24, 2008.
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FiledMarch 29, 1989
GrantedSeptember 24, 1991
Term endedSeptember 24, 2008
Patent numberCA 1289620 C
Classification (IPC)G01V3/30

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