Apparatus and method for combined acoustic and seismoelectric logging measurements
CA 2235263 C · Owner: Strack, Kurt-Martin · Inventors: Tang, Xiaoming; Cheng, Arthur Chuen Hon; Yu, Gang
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A method for estimating porosity of an earth formation from measurements of acoustic energy traversing the earth formation and from measurements of seismoelectric voltages generated in the formation in response to the acoustic energy. The method includes the steps of measuring the acoustic energy traversing the earth formation and measuring said seismoelectric voltages generated in response to the acoustic energy traversing the formation. A seismoelectric signal is synthesized from the measurements of the acoustic energy using an initial value of the porosity. A difference is determined between the synthesized seismoelectric voltages and the measured seismoelectric voltages. The initial …
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