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Method for Detecting, Locating and Characterizing Single and Multiple Fluid-Filled Fractures in Fractured Formations: 2,116

Abstract: 

A method to analyze full waveform multiple (i.e., monopoles, dipoles, quadrupoles) acoustic measurements in a fluid-filled borehole, surrounded by a system of fractures oriented parallel to the axis of the borehole. The method uses new measurement attributes, herein referred to as dual flexure waves and leaky fracture mode.

Patent Number: 
2,116
Date Of Issue: 
04/04/2005
Inventors: 

Jorge Octavio Parra; Pei-Cheng Xu