Shear-velocity measurement in the logging-while-drilling environment: Modeling and field evaluations

Petrophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-90

  Tang, Xiao Ming ^a   Dubinsky, Vladimir ^a   Wang, Tsili ^a   Bolshakov, Alexei ^a   Patterson, Doug ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COLLAR WAVES; SHEAR VELOCITY;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 0037650064     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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