Nuclear magnetic resonance measurements in well logging using motion triggered pulsing
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Oct 1, 2002
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Nov 22, 2001
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Feb 6, 2001
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Feb 8, 2000
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A pulsed NMR tool has a magnet arrangement that is used to generate a static magnetic field having a substantially uniform field strength in a region of the formation surrounding the borehole. An RF coil is used to produce pulsed RF fields orthogonal to the static field in the region of examination. The nuclear spins in the formation align themselves along the externally applied static magnetic field. A pulsed RF field is applied to tip the spins by 90.degree., resulting in a precession of the spins. The tipping pulse is followed by a series of refocusing pulses and the resulting series of pulse echoes is detected. Motion sensors on the tool produce signals indicative of the motion of the tool and a processor on the tool controls the timing of the tipping pulse to coincide with substantially zero motion of the tool in an axial direction or one perpendicular to the axial direction. A Kalman filter or other predictive filter is used to predict the desirable pulse triggering times.
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