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Shoulder bed effects removal

US7599825B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 2006
Grant dateOct 6, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V3/24
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Various technologies for removing shoulder-bed effects from measurements of an earth formation made in a wellbore. In one implementation, a methodology for removing the shoulder-bed effects includes receiving the measurements and constructing a layered model of the earth formation. Each layer has a set of parameters corresponding to one or more types of the received measurements ascribed to each layer such that the set of parameters define a parameter space for the layered model. The methodology may further include dividing the parameter space into subspaces based on relationships among the parameters, selecting from the subspaces one or more starting points, minimizing a cost function using the one or more starting points to generate one or more candidate solutions having the shoulder-bed effects removed and selecting a final solution from the one or more candidate solutions.

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