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Directional long array for logging vertical boundaries

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5339116
A logging sonde has directivity control of multiple sources and receivers in linear arrays. Each of the sources produces acoustic pulses which are delayed by a time delay between the sources to direct acoustic energy at an angle such that the resulting acoustic wave strikes a vertical formation orthogonally. The reflections of the acoustic pulses are detected with a linear array of receivers. The acoustic pulse detected by each receiver is delayed by an amount such that the total differential moveout for a reflected directional wave is zero.
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation
Patent Number(s):
US 4509149
OSTI ID:
5339116
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English