Method and apparatus for acoustic shear wave logging
CA 2128604 C · Owner: Dennis, Charles Louis · Inventors: Dennis, Charles Louis; Lenhardt, Will Karl; Schmitt, Denis Philippe
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A borehole logging tool (13) having a dipole acoustic energy source (16) and a plurality of spaced-apart dipole acoustic energy receivers (17) is lowered into a deviated borehole (14) penetrating a subsurface formation. The dipole source (16) and receivers (17) are positioned eccentrically with respect to the borehole axis and are focused in the same direction perpendicular to the axis of the borehole tool as well as perpendicular to the direction of such eccentricity so that received tube wave amplitudes are minimized with respect to received shear wave amplitudes.
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- Filed January 21, 1993 and granted April 17, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 21, 2013.
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