Patent ID: 7103982

Claim:
A method for estimating an azimuthal dependence of a parameter of a borehole using logging sensor measurements acquired as a function of a borehole azimuth of said logging sensors, the method comprising: (a) rotating a downhole tool in a borehole, the tool including at least one logging sensor, at least one standoff sensor, and an azimuth sensor, data from the logging sensor being operable to assist determination of a parameter of the borehole; (b) causing the at least one logging sensor to acquire a plurality of logging sensor measurements at a corresponding plurality of times; (c) causing the at least one standoff sensor and the azimuth sensor to acquire a corresponding plurality of standoff measurements and tool azimuth measurements at the plurality of times; (d) processing the standoff measurements and the azimuth measurements acquired in (c) to determine borehole azimuths at selected ones of the plurality of times; and (e) utilizing the plurality of logging sensor measurements acquired in (b) and the borehole azimuths determined (d) to estimate an azimuthal dependence of a parameter of the borehole.