Radial profiling of slowness: methods and apparatus for near-wellbore alteration estimation
US7558153B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/44
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and apparatus facilitating radial profiling of acoustic slowness of a formation traversed by a borehole are disclosed. According to some aspects of the invention, a radial slowness profile is imaged, including an image of altered region slowness.
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