Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Ward E. Schultz

20Patents
11h-index
9Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 15, 1974 → Mar 25, 1999

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US3947683A Combination of epithermal and inelastic neutron scattering methods to locate coal and oil shale zones Physics 275 Expired
US5486695A Standoff compensation for nuclear logging while drilling systems Physics 44 Expired
US4122339A Earth formation pulsed neutron porosity logging system utilizing epithermal neutron and inelastic scattering gamma ray detectors Physics 33 Expired
US4409481A Method for simultaneous measurement of thermal neutron decay components Physics 31 Expired
US4020342A Earth formation salinity by comparison of inelastic and capture gamma ray spectra Physics 21 Expired
US4152590A Simultaneous thermal neutron decay time and porosity logging system Physics 21 Expired
US4122340A Pulsed neutron porosity logging system Physics 21 Expired
US6300624A Radiation detector Physics 17 Expired
US5422480A Method and apparatus for the verification of helium-3 proportional counters Physics 17 Expired
US4436996A Borehole compensated KUT log Physics 15 Expired
US4665486A Method and apparatus for reducing statistical variations in nuclear well logs Physics 12 Expired
US4032778A Behind casing water volume flow rate measurement using gamma ray spectral degradation Physics 11 Expired
US4691102A Borehole compensation method and apparatus using variations in relative borehole components Physics 9 Expired
US4134011A Earth formation porosity log using measurement of fast neutron energy spectrum Physics 7 Expired
US4380701A Nuclear well logging with neutron source and separate spaced radiation detectors to determine silicon/oxygen ratio Physics 7 Expired
US4493998A Method for monitoring drilling materials for gamma ray activity Physics 6 Expired
US3939343A Pulsed neutron logging system for inelastic scattering gamma rays with gain compensation Physics 4 Expired
US4700300A Indicating barehole rugosity as a function of the difference between shallow and deep log indices Physics 4 Expired
US4492864A Neutron well logging Physics 4 Expired
US4002904A Simultaneous thermal neutron lifetime and boron content well log Physics 2 Expired

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