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Phasor processing of induction logs including skin effect correction

US4513376A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1982
Grant dateApr 23, 1985
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V3/28
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and system for processing induction measurements of sub-surface formations taken by an induction logging system at various depths in a borehole is disclosed. The method reduces the effects of variations in the sonde response function with formation conductivity (skin effect). A filtering function is applied to the quadrature-phase X component measurement of each log measurement to obtain a correction component measurement representative of the change in the sonde response function as a function of formation conductivity. The correction component measurements are then summed with the in-phase R components to obtain a skin effect compensated log.

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