Measurement of downhole gamma radiation by reduction of compton scattering
US9201160B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V5/101
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems, methods and devices for evaluating an earth formation intersected by a borehole. The method includes using a first radiation responsive component to detect gamma rays having an energy below a threshold energy; using a second radiation responsive component configured to detect gamma rays that traverse the first radiation responsive component; generating a reduced-Compton gamma ray spectrum by generating an anticoincidence gamma ray spectrum indicative of the gamma rays detected by the first radiation responsive component and the gamma rays detected by the second radiation responsive component. The anticoincidence gamma ray spectrum represents those gamma rays of the gamma rays detected by the second radiation responsive component that are not detected in coincidence with the gamma rays detected by the first radiation responsive component.
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