Patent · US Expired

Borehole compensation method and apparatus using variations in relative borehole components

US4691102A · kind A · utility

9Cited by
5References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 1985
Grant dateSep 1, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 17, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V5/125
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Compensation of photoelectric absorption measurements for borehole effects during nuclear logging of downhole earth formations is accomplished by detecting low energy gamma radiations entering two detectors in the logging tool along paths having substantially constant formation components but varying borehole components.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.