摘要:
A specific embodiment of the invention identifies the chemical composition of an earth formation and compensates for mudcake during well logging. The formation is irradiated with photons that have energies less than about 1 mev. A low energy gamma radiation detector is positioned close to the gamma radiation source primarily to measure borehole parameters, while a second low energy gamma radiation detector, spaced more distantly from the gamma ray source, measures borehole characteristics and the mineral composition of the formation. The signals from the detectors are normalized and combined to produce an output that identifies formation lithology and effective mudcake thickness.
摘要:
One embodiment of the invention provides an array of semiconductor radiation detectors for coincidence or anticoincidence counting in a borehole logging tool. A further refinement combines, in a logging tool, a semiconductor spectrometer with one or more scintillation detectors. The response of this latter arrangement corresponds to the fine spectral resolution that characterizes semiconductor detectors rather than the less sharply defined spectral resolution of scintillation devices.
摘要:
A typical embodiment of the invention enables neutrons of low average energy that characteristically are emitted from californium 252 (Cf252) to react with, or fail to react with, nuclei within an earth formation, depending on the energy threshold for the reaction in question. The neutron activation induced by means of the Cf252 source is compared with the response induced in the formation through neutrons of higher average energies from other sources, The activation comparison permits the identification of elements and minerals in the formation to be determined accurately.
摘要:
An earth formation porosity logging tool in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the invention comprises a neutron source and four neutron detectors spaced at different distances from the source for transport through a borehole. Signals are obtained that correspond to the ratios of the counts registered by the two short-spaced detectors and the two long-spaced detectors. The effect of the borehole characteristics on the formation porosity measurement is compensated by directly contrasting these ratio signals with each other. A second illustrative embodiment of the invention using only three neutron detectors also is shown and described.