GB2318185B - Apparatus and method for borehole seismic exploration - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for borehole seismic exploration

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GB2318185B
GB2318185B GB9720075A GB9720075A GB2318185B GB 2318185 B GB2318185 B GB 2318185B GB 9720075 A GB9720075 A GB 9720075A GB 9720075 A GB9720075 A GB 9720075A GB 2318185 B GB2318185 B GB 2318185B
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seismic exploration
borehole seismic
borehole
exploration
seismic
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Richard Timothy Coates
Philip Andrew Felton Christie
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Schlumberger NV
Schlumberger Ltd USA
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Schlumberger NV
Schlumberger Ltd USA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting
    • G01V1/40—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for well-logging
    • G01V1/52—Structural details
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/01—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells for anchoring the tools or the like
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting
    • G01V1/40—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for well-logging
    • G01V1/42—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for well-logging using generators in one well and receivers elsewhere or vice versa

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Geophysics (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
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  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Geophysics And Detection Of Objects (AREA)
GB9720075A 1996-10-11 1997-09-23 Apparatus and method for borehole seismic exploration Expired - Fee Related GB2318185B (en)

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GBGB9621236.0A GB9621236D0 (en) 1996-10-11 1996-10-11 Apparatus and method for borehole seismic exploration
GB9720075A GB2318185B (en) 1996-10-11 1997-09-23 Apparatus and method for borehole seismic exploration

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GB9720075D0 GB9720075D0 (en) 1997-11-19
GB2318185A GB2318185A (en) 1998-04-15
GB2318185B true GB2318185B (en) 1999-06-02

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Families Citing this family (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB9621236D0 (en) * 1996-10-11 1996-11-27 Schlumberger Ltd Apparatus and method for borehole seismic exploration
GB9906096D0 (en) 1999-03-18 1999-05-12 Groundflow Ltd Method for downhole logging
GB2410551B (en) 2004-01-30 2006-06-14 Westerngeco Ltd Marine seismic acquisition system

Citations (7)

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GB1193381A (en) * 1968-01-23 1970-05-28 Marathon Oil Co Acoustic Borehole Logging Technique
US3526874A (en) * 1968-09-18 1970-09-01 Schlumberger Technology Corp Method and apparatus for sonic dip measurement
GB2125166A (en) * 1982-07-30 1984-02-29 Schlumberger Ltd Fracture detection using circumferential offset acoustic paths
GB2154320A (en) * 1984-02-07 1985-09-04 Shell Int Research Downhole fracture analysis
GB2200451A (en) * 1986-12-31 1988-08-03 Shell Int Research Acoustic imaging of borehole walls
US4802145A (en) * 1986-08-01 1989-01-31 Amoco Corporation Method and apparatus for determining cement conditions
US5146050A (en) * 1989-04-25 1992-09-08 Western Atlas International, Inc. Method and apparatus for acoustic formation dip logging

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1193381A (en) * 1968-01-23 1970-05-28 Marathon Oil Co Acoustic Borehole Logging Technique
US3526874A (en) * 1968-09-18 1970-09-01 Schlumberger Technology Corp Method and apparatus for sonic dip measurement
GB2125166A (en) * 1982-07-30 1984-02-29 Schlumberger Ltd Fracture detection using circumferential offset acoustic paths
GB2154320A (en) * 1984-02-07 1985-09-04 Shell Int Research Downhole fracture analysis
US4802145A (en) * 1986-08-01 1989-01-31 Amoco Corporation Method and apparatus for determining cement conditions
GB2200451A (en) * 1986-12-31 1988-08-03 Shell Int Research Acoustic imaging of borehole walls
US5146050A (en) * 1989-04-25 1992-09-08 Western Atlas International, Inc. Method and apparatus for acoustic formation dip logging

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