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Patent US7557580 - Electromagnetic wave resistivity tool having a tilted antenna for ... - Google Patents
This invention is directed to a downhole method and apparatus for simultaneously determining the horizontal resistivity, vertical resistivity, and relative dip angle for anisotropic earth formations. The present invention accomplishes this objective by using an antenna configuration in which a transmitter...http://www.google.com/patents/US7557580?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7557580 - Electromagnetic wave resistivity tool having a tilted antenna for geosteering within a desired payzone
Publication number US7557580 B2
Application number US 12/127,672
Also published as CA2359371A1, CA2359371C, EP1155343A1, EP1155343A4, EP1155343B1, EP1155343B2, EP2108981A2, EP2108981A3, EP2108981B1, EP2110687A2, EP2110687A3, EP2110687B1, US6163155, US7557579, US7948238, US8085049, US20080258733, US20080278169, US20090224764, US20100123462, US20110199088, WO2000045195A1, WO2000045195A8
Publication number 12127672, 127672, US 7557580 B2, US 7557580B2, US-B2-7557580, US7557580 B2, US7557580B2
Patent Citations (99), Non-Patent Citations (54), Referenced by (41), Classifications (8), Legal Events (4)
US 7557580 B2
H hx = M T sin θ 4 π ( ⅇ ⅈ k h L L 3 [ 3 sin 2 θ - 1 + k h 2 L 2 cos 2 θ + ⅈ k h L sin 2 θ + ⅈ k h L - 3 ⅈ k h L sin 2 θ ] ⅈ k h sin 2 θ ⅇ ⅈ k h L β ) ⅇ ⅈ k h L [ 3 ] H hz = M T cos θ 4 π ( ⅇ ⅈ k h L L 3 [ 3 cos θ sin θ - k h 2 L 2 cos θ sin θ - 3 ⅈ k h L cos θ sin θ ] ) [ 4 ] H vx = M T sin θ 4 π ( ⅇ ⅈ k h L L 3 [ 3 cos θ sin θ - k h 2 L 2 cos θ sin θ - 3 ⅈ k h L cos θ sin θ ] ) [ 5 ] H vz = M T cos θ 4 π ( ⅇ ⅈ k h L L 3 [ 3 cos 2 θ - 1 + k h 2 L 2 sin 2 θ - 3 ⅈ k h L cos 2 θ + ⅈ k h L ] ) where k h = ω 2 μ ( ɛ h - ⅈ σ h ω ) k v = ω 2 μ ( ɛ v - ⅈ σ v ω ) β = cos 2 θ + ( k v k h ) 2 sin 2 θ [ 6 ]
V = ⅈ ω A r μ I t A t 4 π L 3 ( [ 2 - ⅈ k h L ] ⅇ ⅈ k h L - ⅈ k h L ⅇ ⅈ k h L β ) [ 9 ]
V = ⅈ ω A r μ I t A t 4 π L 3 ( + [ 2 sin θ sin θ ′ + 2 cos θ cos θ ′ ] ⅇ ⅈ k h L - [ 2 ⅈ k h L sin θ sin θ ′ - 2 ⅈ k h L cos θ cos θ ′ ] ⅇ ⅈ k h L + ⅈ k h L sin θ ′ sin θ ⅇ ⅈ k h L - ⅈ k h L sin θ ′ sin θ ⅇ ⅈ k h L β ) ( 11 )
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U.S. Classification 324/337, 324/339, 702/7
International Classification G01V3/30, G01V3/38, G01V3/28