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Brian E. Hornby

Also filed as: HORNBY BRIAN · HORNBY BRIAN E · HORNBY BRIAN EDWARD

15 granted patents·4 pending applications·296 citations·filing 1986–2024

92Inventor score

Technology areasG01V E21B

Files withHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC7 SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP4 BP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC3 HORNBY BRIAN EDWARD2 ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO1

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19 records

0194US4831600ABorehole logging method for fracture detection and evaluationSCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP·Filed 1986·Granted May 16, 1989·103 cites·21 claims
0286US5081611AMethods for determining formation and borehole parameters via two-dimensional tomographic reconstruction of formation slownessSCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 14, 1992·77 cites·30 claims
0379US11681065B2Depth-continuous estimation of the elastic tensor using single depth borehole sonic measurementsHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 20, 2023·1 cites·18 claims
0474US11261721B2Techniques for evaluating borehole subsurface geologies using Stoneley wavesHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 1, 2022·2 cites·18 claims
0571US7773456B2System and method for seismic data acquisitionBP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 10, 2010·10 cites·7 claims
0669US6192316B1Fracture discrimination using borehole frequency response of stoneley wavesATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 20, 2001·48 cites·18 claims
0766US4797859AMethod for determining formation permeability by comparing measured tube waves with formation and borehole parametersSCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Jan 10, 1989·28 cites·5 claims
0863US8659974B2System and method of 3D salt flank VSP imaging with transmitted wavesROBERTS MARK A·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 25, 2014·2 cites·12 claims
0959US10989824B2Depth-dependent mud density determination and processing for horizontal shear slowness in vertical transverse isotropy environment using full-waveform sonic dataHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 27, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
1057US4817059ABorehole logging methods for detection and imaging of formation structural featuresSCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Mar 28, 1989·21 cites·16 claims
1157US2021047917A1Deep Structural Dip Determination And Improved Reflection Imaging Using Full-Waveform Borehole Sonic DataHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
1256US11513248B2Imaging with both dipole and quadrupole receiversHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 29, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
1355US7952960B2Seismic imaging with natural Green's functions derived from VSP dataBP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 31, 2011·4 cites·14 claims
1454US2025044477A1Title: method and systems for determination fracture width and fracture conductivity using combined analysis of wellbore images and low-frequency stoneley wave measurementsHORNBY BRIAN EDWARD·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
1553US2024411043A1High-resolution reflection imaging with large-scale reservoir and structure determination using full-waveform sonic dataHORNBY BRIAN EDWARD·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
1649US12386091B2Single-well reflected horizontal shear wave imaging with mixed types of transmitters and receiversHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 12, 2025·0 cites·12 claims
1740US11237288B2Verifying measurements of elastic anisotropy parameters in an anisotropic wellbore environmentHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 1, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
1838US10809399B2Independent simultaneous shooting acquisition with vertical seismic profile recordingBP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 20, 2020·0 cites·19 claims
1931US2004065437A1In-well seismic sensor casing coupling using natural forces in wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites

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