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Patent US8085050 - Robust inversion systems and methods for azimuthally sensitive resistivity ... - Google Patents
Methods and systems for determining the horizontal resistivity, vertical resistivity, and relative dip angle of anisotropic earth formations. Some of the disclosed methods and systems measure sinusoidal variation of azimuthally sensitive resistivity logging tool measurements, determine parameters representative...http://www.google.com/patents/US8085050?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8085050 - Robust inversion systems and methods for azimuthally sensitive resistivity logging tools
Publication number US8085050 B2
Application number US 12/299,760
PCT number PCT/US2007/064221
Also published as US20100156424, WO2008115229A1
Publication number 12299760, 299760, PCT/2007/64221, PCT/US/2007/064221, PCT/US/2007/64221, PCT/US/7/064221, PCT/US/7/64221, PCT/US2007/064221, PCT/US2007/64221, PCT/US2007064221, PCT/US200764221, PCT/US7/064221, PCT/US7/64221, PCT/US7064221, PCT/US764221, US 8085050 B2, US 8085050B2, US-B2-8085050, US8085050 B2, US8085050B2
Inventors Michael S. Bittar, Guoyu Hu
Patent Citations (176), Non-Patent Citations (97), Referenced by (35), Classifications (6), Legal Events (3)
US 8085050 B2
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