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Well logging apparatus and method using two spaced apart transmitters with two receivers located between the transmitters

US4968940A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 20, 1989
Grant dateNov 6, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V3/30
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Well logging techniques and apparatus are disclosed for determining formation resistivity at different radial depths of investigation and with greater accuracy than prior techniques, for determining the existence, locations and properties of beds and caves, and for determining changes in the size of a borehole.

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