Inventor · Houston, TX, US

David M. Chace

29Patents
8h-index
38Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 22, 1981 → Oct 9, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8074737B2 Wireless perforating gun initiation Fixed Constructions 94 Active
US5606124A Apparatus and method for determining the gravitational orientation of a well logging instrument Fixed Constructions 38 Expired
US6601461B2 Multi-phase compensated spinner flow meter Physics 14 Expired
US5404752A Method for measuring the velocity of water flow through nested conduits Fixed Constructions 13 Expired
US4430567A Method and apparatus for neutron induced gamma ray logging for direct porosity identification Physics 12 Expired
US5949069A Method and apparatus for measuring volumetric water flow rates in highly inclined wellbores Physics 12 Expired
US8964504B2 Method and apparatus for evaluating a cemented borehole casing Fixed Constructions 10 Active
US7372018B2 Determination of gas pressure and saturation simultaneously Physics 10 Expired
US7554081B2 Method and apparatus for determining silicon content of the earth formations in cased well bores Physics 8 Active
US7227129B2 Flowshot technique Physics 7 Expired
US4612439A Method and apparatus for natural gamma ray well logging Physics 6 Expired
US7186971B2 Flowshot technique Physics 6 Expired
US8978481B2 Simultaneous ultrasonic cross-correlation and transit time measurements for multiphase flow rate analysis Physics 6 Active
US10585209B2 Gamma ray spectra contrast sharpening Physics 5 Active
US9086500B2 Apparatus and method for pulsed neutron measurement Physics 3 Active
US9261622B2 Elemental concentration determination using neutron-induced activation gamma radiation Physics 3 Active
US9696454B1 Identifying weighting material sag with pulsed neutron logs Physics 2 Active
US10520641B2 Gamma calibration Physics 2 Active
US9599743B2 Density measurements using detectors on a pulsed neutron measurement platform Physics 1 Active
US11906690B2 Obtaining inelastic spectra free of detector born gamma rays induced by neutrons Physics 1 Active
US10324224B2 Elemental concentration determination using neutron-induced activation gamma radiation Physics 1 Active
US9885802B2 Downhole cement evalution using pulsed neutron measurements Fixed Constructions 1 Active
US8903658B2 Apparatus and method for measuring downhole fluid composition and properties Physics 1 Active
US8502135B2 Method for through-casing 3-phase saturation determination Physics 1 Active
US10725200B2 Water saturation determination using an oxygen estimate and formation lithology Physics 0 Active

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