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Apparatus and method for determining thermal neutron capture cross section of a subsurface formation from a borehole using multiple detectors

US7253402B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2004
Grant dateAug 7, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V5/102
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A well logging instrument including a plurality of detectors having different precisions and accuracies, the more precise detectors generally having lower accuracies. The detectors are responsive to the interaction of radiation from a suitable source on the instrument with earth formations. Outputs from the plurality of detectors are smoothed and combined to provide processed measurements with improved accuracy and precision.

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