Thermal decay time logging method and tool

Radiant energy – Geological testing or irradiation – Well testing apparatus and methods

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250264, 250269, G01V 510

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ABSTRACT:
A borehole logging method for determining the porosity of a formation surrounding the borehole, comprising the steps of: irradiating the formation surrounding the borehole from a location within the borehole with a burst of neutrons, detecting at a near detector indications of the concentration of thermal neutrons following the burst of neutrons and generating near count rate signals as a function of time in response thereto, detecting at a far detector indications of the concentration of thermal neutrons following the burst of neutrons and generating far count rate signals as a function of time in response thereto, fitting a count rate model to the near count rate signals to determine a near impulse formation count rate amplitude, fitting a count rate model to said far count rate signals to determine a far impulse formation count rate amplitude, determining the ratio of the near and far count rate signals as a characteristic proportional to the porosity of the formation.

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