US 7,603,237 B2
Method for analyzing data having shared and distinct properties
Nicholas J. Heaton, Den Haag (Netherlands); Jack A. La Vigne, Houston, Tex. (US); Ralf Heidler, Houston, Tex. (US); and Henry N. Bachman, Missouri City, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, Tex. (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/765,484.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/820417, filed on Jul. 26, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0082270 A1, Apr. 03, 2008
Int. Cl. G01V 1/40 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 702—6 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to determine earth formation properties using a logging tool disposed in a wellbore penetrating the formation, comprising
obtaining two or more data sets using the logging tool, wherein the data sets comprise measured shared and distinct formation properties;
computing from the data sets a common distribution for each shared formation property and a distinct distribution for each distinct formation property; and
determining the formation properties using the common distributions and/or the distinct distributions.