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Acoustical well logging method and apparatus

US4899844A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 1989
Grant dateFeb 13, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S367/911
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and tool for acoustically logging a wellbore where a transmitter simultaneously generates a plurality of separate acoustical signals having different frequencies, each effectively centered about a different resonance frequency, and then transmits the signals as a composite multi-frequency output signal having an effective broad frequency bandwidth that is capable of exciting pressure waves in a variety of different types of earthen formations.

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