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| 6947858 | Methods and apparatus for analyzing flutter test data using damped sine curve fitting Methods and apparatus for analyzing flutter test data using damped sine curve fitting. In one embodiment, a plurality of data points are read, with each data point representing an amplitude versus a test time. A number “N” of damped sine waves to fit to the plur... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944545 | System and method for determining the inclination of a wellbore A well survey system comprising and electronic survey tool for determining the inclination of a wellbore is disclosed herein with methods of use. In some embodiments, the electronic survey tool includes an electrolytic tilt sensor adapted to measure a first tilt ang... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6937023 | Passive ranging techniques in borehole surveying A method for determining the location of a target subterranean structure from within an adjacent borehole is disclosed which uses first and second gravity measurement devices disposed at corresponding first and second positions in the adjacent borehole and a magneti... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6924646 | System and method for locating a fracture in an earth formation The invention relates to techniques for locating and determining the orientation of a fracture in an earth formation. Systems and methods for detecting a fracture in an earth formation using a propagation tool include producing electromagnetic fields using a TMD tra... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907348 | Synthetic acoustic array acquisition and processing The present invention provides a method of determining a property of an earth formation using an acoustic logging tool on a bottomhole assembly (BHA) in a borehole in the earth formation. At least one transmitter is used in the acoustic logging tool for generating a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6882937 | Downhole referencing techniques in borehole surveying A method for determining rotational offset between first and second gravity measurement devices deployed on a downhole tool is disclosed. The method includes positioning the tool in a previously surveyed section of a borehole that provides a historical survey includ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6856910 | Method and apparatus for determining regional dip properties A method for determining a formation dip angle including extracting features from an acquired well log to obtain a set of features, validating the set of features to obtain a subset of features, generating a layered model using the subset of features, and generating... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6795774 | Method for asymptotic dipping correction Induction and other resistivity well logging tools determine formation conductivity at various depths but these measurements contain pronounced errors when the tool is proximate to an inclined underground bed boundary. A method to correct tool measurements includes ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6754587 | Method for processing seismic data A method is provided for processing a seismic 3-D measurement data set, consisting of a multitude of seismic traces, each having a sequence of amplitude values or data points provided with acoustic impedances. The method consists of the following: selecting a refere... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6643589 | Simultaneous determination of formation angles and anisotropic resistivity using multi-component induction logging data Measurements made by a multicomponent logging tool in a borehole are inverted to obtain horizontal and vertical resistivities and formation dip and azimuth angles of a formation traversed by the borehole. The inversion is performed using a generalized Mar... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6611777 | Method for calibrating spectrophotometric apparatus Described is a method for calibrating a spectrophometric apparatus and determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample. This method involves incorporating at least one primary calibration algorithm that uses an order of derivative of absorbance ob... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6584408 | Subsurface formation parameters from tri-axial measurements Systems and methods are provided for determining various subsurface formation parameters from electromagnetic measurements. Formulas are disclosed for field components in a coordinate system tied to the logging tool. Closed form expressions for a magnetic... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6553330 | Power roller for toroidal type continuously variable transmission An intersection between a first circular arc traced around a given measuring point on a toroidal surface on one side by the extreme end of a segment with a length equal to the curvature radius of traction surfaces of discs and a second circular arc traced... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6408299 | Type convertor registry A generalized mechanism manages ad-hoc type conversions in computer software. A management framework improves type conversion tasks by enabling the modularization of this task by partitioning the work of defining an individual type convertor from the task... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6405136 | Data compression method for use in wellbore and formation characterization A method is disclosed for compressing a frame of data representing parameter values, a time at which each parameter value was recorded, and an orientation of a sensor at the time each parameter value was recorded. Generally the method includes performing ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6393364 | Determination of conductivity in anisotropic dipping formations from magnetic coupling measurements A method is disclosed for the determination of horizontal resistivity, vertical resistivity, dip and strike angles of anisotropic earth formations surrounding a wellbore. Electromagnetic couplings among a plural of triad transmitters and triad receivers a... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6385545 | Method and apparatus for determining dip angle and horizontal and vertical conductivities The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for determining the dip angle and horizontal and vertical conductivities of a wellbore during drilling operations. If the dip angle is not known, the present invention allows for the use of multi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6298158 | Recognition and translation system and method The invention comprises a method and system of recognition and translation, stored on a digital storage device with an operating system and running computer applications, such as a personal computer, which recognizes input by the human computer user and t... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6266618 | Method for automatic detection of planar heterogeneities crossing the stratification of an environment Method for automatic detection of planar heterogeneities crossing the stratification of an environment. This method for automatic detection of planar heterogeneities crossing the stratification of an environment, from images of borehole walls or developme... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6226595 | Method and apparatus using multi-target tracking to analyze borehole images and produce sets of tracks and dip data A Tracking Dip Estimator software including a novel Multi-Sine Tracking Software is adapted to be stored in a computer system memory for instructing a processor to produce a "first output" including a plurality of tracks in response to input borehole imag... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6212476 | Apparatus to measure the earth's local gravity and magnetic field in conjunction with global positioning attitude determining A processor uses signals from at least two GPS receivers and a 3-component accelerometer located on a stable non-magnetic platform to determine the roll, yaw and pitch angles of the platform, thus providing a measurement of geographic north. The processor... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6167348 | Method and apparatus for ascertaining a characteristic of a geological formation A method for ascertaining a characteristic of a geological formation surrounding a wellbore. The method comprises first generating a set of data including azimuthal and radial information. A set of parameters indicative of fluid behavior in the formation ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6131070 | Method of generating a fold distribution and of evaluating a seismic survey Method of generating a fold distribution for a number of seismic sources and seismic receivers, comprises: (a) selecting a Common Mid-Point location; (b) selecting a dip within a first predetermined range and a strike within a second predetermined range; ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6092025 | Hydrocarbon edge detection using seismic amplitude A computer implemented method and apparatus for discovering hydrocarbon bearing formations yields a direct indication of hydrocarbon resulting from analyzing seismic amplitude data. The method uses an algorithm for determining a seismic attribute known as... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6076045 | Method for processing oriented multi-component seismic well data A seismic prospecting method allowing positioning in space of geologic events in the neighborhood of a well and calculation of the dip and the direction of dip. Seismic waves are transmitted into the formation, and three-axis seismic sensors placed in the... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6047240 | Method and apparatus for evaluating the resistivity of invaded formations at high apparent dip angle The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for evaluating the resistivity of invaded formations at high apparent dip angle. A multi-array induction tool having a plurality of arrays is disposed in a borehole. Signals from a subset o... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5983163 | Method for computing dip of earth formations from wellbore image data A method for calculating the orientation of a geologic feature with respect to the axis of a wellbore drilled through earth formations. The method uses finely detailed measurements of a selected property of the earth formations made along the wall of the ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5960371 | Method of determining dips and azimuths of fractures from borehole images A borehole image interpretation method that utilizes a Hough transform technique is described. The method can detect planar structures such as fractures and formation beddings in the borehole, as well as geometric patterns such as elliptical vugs.... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5831935 | Method for geophysical processing and interpretation using seismic trace difference for analysis and display A method for identifying faults and stratigraphic features within seismic data without interpreter bias by processing seismic data to identify the minimum difference between seismic traces. Large values of difference are plotted as display attributes for ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5767399 | Method of assaying compressive strength of rock A method of assaying the compressive strength of rock comprises testing a primary plurality of rock samples of similar lithology, at least some of which have different porosities, to determine, for each sample respectively, a value corresponding to compre... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5764514 | Method for modelling kinematic seismic data processed with at least one motion operator A method of modelling at least travel time and apparent dip from seismic data that has been processed by at least one migration operator comprising the steps of taking the mid-point (N1) of a source (S)/receiver (R) system, applying ray tracing... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5763773 | Rotating multi-parameter bond tool A multi-part logging tool that allows measurement of several distinct independent parameters, which are in turn used to solve for secondary parameters that give information about the properties of the cement outside the casing. Secondary parameters affect... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5724309 | Method for geophysical processing and interpretation using instantaneous phase and its derivatives and their derivatives A method for utilizing instantaneous phase and the derivatives of instantaneous phase as display and/or plot attributes for seismic reflection data processing and interpretation for two-dimensional and three-dimensional seismic data. The spatial frequency... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5675488 | Location determination using vector measurements A method for locating underground cylindrically symmetrical magnetic sources, particularly boreholes, from magnetic field measurements. The method is based on the shape of magnetic field produced by magnetic materials with cylindrical axes. As the field c... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5565624 | Method of determining variations in the morphology of a borehole Method of determining variations in the morphology of a borehole. It consists in measuring, as a function of the depth of the borehole, the dip and the azimuth (a1) of the borehole, the inside diameters of the borehole in two perpendicular dire... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5435069 | Method for determining borehole direction A method for determining the direction of a borehole during drilling comprises determination of inclination angle θ and highside angle $c; from gravity acceleration (g) measurements and determination of azimuth angle .psi. from magnetic field (B) meas... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5388044 | Dipmeter processing technique A method of dipmeter processing fits a thickness conserving mathematical model to a folded or faulted subsurface sedimentary geological structure, and may be used with vertical as well as nonvertical or deviated boreholes. An initial estimate of the geome... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5363299 | Method for identifying faults and unconformities in a geologic formation A process for analyzing geological bedding plane data from a well, and plotting the cumulative dip angle and dip direction of the bedding planes with respect to depth. The cumulative dip angle may also be plotted with respect to sample numbers, which are ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5319554 | Method for data interpolation and signal enhancement The method sequentially determines dips and corresponding estimated dip components of traces in a panel of data. The method can be applied to any data which can be represented as a function of two coordinates. In particular, the method can be applied to s... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5299128 | Method and apparatus for delineating bed boundaries in subsurface formations and for producing indications of the angle of dip thereof Data representing a two-dimensional image of the resistivity of a sector of a borehole wall is processed to produce selected flow-line data delineating the boundaries of beds of subsurface earth formations along sectors of the borehole. The latter bed-del... | 03/29/1994 |
