Radiant energy – Geological testing or irradiation – Well testing apparatus and methods
Patent
1982-08-31
1986-02-04
Howell, Janice A.
Radiant energy
Geological testing or irradiation
Well testing apparatus and methods
G01V 500
Patent
active
045688290
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are a method and a system for well logging in which gamma radiation detected in five energy windows is converted into logs of formation thorium, uranium and potassium (Th,U,K), and of borehole barite and potassium chloride (KCl), in a process which makes use of an adaptive filter which accounts for changes in the detected gamma radiation with borehole depth, for the nature of the logging process, and for the composition of the borehole fluid. In a first, simpler embodiment, the filter is based on changes with borehole depth in the total amount of detected gamma radiation in the vicinity of the depth level of interest. In a second, more exacting embodiment, the filter is based on both the vertical variations in the Th,U,K concentrations, and the statistical variations in the measurements. In both embodiments a log of Th,U,K is produced. A third embodiment is based on the second but additionally incorporates the effect of the borehole size and the influence of the gamma ray emitters and absorbers in the borehole fluid on the detected counts of the energy windows. The third embodiment permits the converting of the received radiation information into logs of formation thorium, uranium and potassium, and borehole barite and potassium chloride, by borehole depth. The invention relates to induced as well as natural gamma radiation, and to other types of well logging in which energy windows can be measured.
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Howell Janice A.
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
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