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Well testing apparatus and methods
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With drill or drilling
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With sampling | 5 |
| 20100059667 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF EXTRACTED EARTH FORMATION MATERIAL USING PULSE NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY - A method for monitoring a composition of hydrocarbon material extracted from an earth formation is disclosed. The method includes: extracting the hydrocarbon material from the earth formation; diverting a portion of the hydrocarbon material into a container, the container including a pulse neutron spectroscopy tool disposed therein; emitting a plurality of pulses of high-energy neutrons from the pulse neutron spectroscopy tool into the portion of the hydrocarbon material and inducing at least one gamma ray spectrum from the portion; detecting the at least one gamma ray spectrum at the pulse neutron spectroscopy tool; and calculating a composition of the hydrocarbon material based on the at least one gamma ray spectrum. A system for monitoring a composition of hydrocarbon material extracted from an earth formation is also disclosed. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20090032694 | Radon test kit - A radon test kit includes a housing, a plurality of canisters stored within the housing, a quantity of activated charcoal stored within each of the canisters, a gauge for measuring and indicating humidity mounted within the housing, and a sensor for measuring and indicating ambient temperature mounted within the housing. The ambient temperature sensor also includes indicia to show the temperature. The humidity gauge also includes indicia to indicate the moisture level. The temperature sensor and the humidity gauge measure the temperature and moisture level, respectively, of the test area during the test period so that an accurate calculation of the concentration of radon gas being emitted in the test area may be made. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20120175510 | FLUIDIC DENSITY MEASUREMENTS BASED ON BETA PARTICLES DETECTION - Devices, methods and related systems are described for measuring a property of a fluid including density in a subterranean environment. A device includes a pressure housing having one or more window formed in the pressure housing, and a flow device arranged in the pressure housing for the fluid to flow through the flow device. Further, a radiation source mounted within the pressure housing approximate a first source window configured to generate particles into the fluid. A detector supported by the pressure housing and positioned approximate a first detector window of the one or more window, the first detector window located between the detector and the flow device. The detector can be a solid state beta particle detector with a wide band gap such as the diamond detector, and the radiation source can be a beta particle source such as a strontium 90 source. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120187286 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ORE CONTENT OF DRILL CUTTINGS - The object of this invention is a method for determining ore contents of drill cuttings by irradiating and by detecting fluorescence radiation and scattering radiation. According to the method, drill cuttings being essentially immediately retrieved from the drill hole is arranged as a layer, the upper surface of which is at least partly free from water, a statistically sufficiently representative defined area of the layer is irradiated and the fluorescence of the irradiation is measured for element-characteristic intensities and for Compton-scattering or coherent scattering intensities. The element-characteristic intensities are corrected using coefficients empirically defined from Compton-scattering and/or coherent scattering in order to compensate for the damping due to the coverage effect of water. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120298850 | Quaternary Photodetector for Downhole Optical Sensing - Detector assembly for downhole spectroscopy includes a near-infra-red quaternary photodiode that can operate at high temperatures without cooling it to the standard operation temperature range of the photodiode. High temperature operation of the photodiode right shifts the detector assembly's responsivity curve to include wavelengths of up to 2400-nm. The photodiode has manageable dark current at temperatures even at 200° C., and it can be packaged using high temperature construction. The photodiode is operated in photovoltaic mode at high temperatures but can be operated at photoconductive mode at lower temperatures. At least partial cooling can be provided above a predetermined temperature. | 11-29-2012 |
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| 20130026354 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MEASURING THE DENSITY OF MATERIAL INCLUDING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC MOISTURE PROPERTY DETECTOR - The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for measuring the density of a material. According to one aspect, a material property gauge includes a nuclear density gauge for measuring the density of a material. A radiation source adapted to emit radiation into a material and a radiation detector operable to produce a signal representing the detected radiation. A first material property calculation function may calculate a value associated with the density of the material based upon the signal produced by the radiation detector. The material property gauge includes an electromagnetic moisture property gauge that determines a moisture property of the material. An electromagnetic field generator may generate an electromagnetic field where the electromagnetic field sweeps through one or more frequencies and penetrates into the material. An electromagnetic sensor may determine a frequency response of the material to the electromagnetic field across the several frequencies. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130068940 | SPECTROSCOPIC NANOSENSOR LOGGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Logging systems and methods that employ nanosensors to obtain spectral measurements downhole. The nanosensors can be dispersed in borehole fluids (including cement slurries) that circulate, diffuse, or get injected in a borehole. Because the nanosensors have diameters on the order of | 03-21-2013 |
| 20110290992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS FOR WELLBORE SURVEY - A system of optical measurements for wellbore survey comprises a light conveyable cable, an optical measurement apparatus optically coupled to one end of the light conveyable cable, and a light source optically coupled to another end of the light conveyable cable. The light source produces light used for optical measurements in the optical measurement apparatus. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20090045327 | AERIAL-SUPPORTED PROCEDURE FOR EXPLORATION OF HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS - The present invention refers to an aerial-supported procedure for the exploration of hydrocarbon deposits, especially crude oil and gas deposits, using fluorescence procedures, including aerial-supported geo-referencing of the detected locations by means of a digital terrain model, employing biosensors which are sensitive to hydrocarbons. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20080245959 | ADJUSTED LASER BEAM CONTAMINANT PROCESSING - Processing soil in a land area contaminated with one or more contaminates that are elements having one or more respective NMR values. Examples of the contaminates are the heavy metals. The processing includes generating a plurality of base laser beams at base frequencies with one base laser beam for each NMR value. The base laser beam is typically 635 nm corresponding to a base frequency of 1.5748 MHz. The base frequency is adjusted in response to the NMR values to form an adjusted processing beam. The adjusted processing beam is focused to form focused processing beam. The soil is then irradiated with a scan pattern that covers the land area. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090166520 | IN-SITU SOIL NITRATE ION CONCENTRATION SENSOR - A method and apparatus for near real-time in-situ soil solution measurements is presented. An outer sleeve is placed in soil where ionic concentrations of organic or inorganic species are to be measured. A porous section connects with the outer sleeve (the porous section initially loaded with distilled water) equilibrates with the solution present in soil pores to form a solution to be measured. The initial distilled water is displaced within the porous section by a removable plunger. After substantial equilibration of the solution to be measured within the apparatus, the plunger is removed and a removable probe replaced. The probe may be an Ion Selective Electrode, or a transflection dip probe. The probe then may be used under computer control for measurement of solution properties. The Ion Selective Electrode may measure nitrate (NO | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090140133 | Pipeline pig and method for irradiation of bacteria in a pipeline - A pipeline pig includes a fluid driven electrical power generator and an ultraviolet radiation source powered by the electrical power generator. Radiation is directed away from the pig to irradiate the inner surface of a pipeline when the pig is driven through the pipeline by fluid and thereby disinfects the inner surface of the pipeline. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100187411 | RADON MONITORING SYSTEM FOR EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION - The present invention is related to a system for monitoring radon emissions to predict earthquakes. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a radon monitoring system that is designed to remotely monitor the release of radon gas and to use such data in the prediction of earthquakes. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100001179 | METHOD OF PROCESSING ROCK WITH LASER AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - An object is to provide a method capable of boring a borehole even when quartz glass or silicon dioxide is deposited as molten dross by laser irradiation. A laser irradiation position of a workpiece is irradiated with a laser having wavelength of 1.2 μm or longer and a high factor of absorption into liquid, for example, a CO2 laser, from a laser oscillator through liquid. By high pressure generated in an advancing microbubble flow occurring in the liquid, molten dross is scattered. Thus, the processing, such as boring, of the rock is performed. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20120126104 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLABLE DOWNHOLE PRODUCTION OF IONIZING RADIATION WITHOUT THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE CHEMICAL ISOTOPES - Apparatus for the controllable downhole production of ionizing radiation ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20100051796 | METHOD FOR DOWNHOLE, NON-ISOTOPIC GENERATION OF IONISED RADIATION AND AN APPARATUS FOR USE WHEN PRACTISING THE METHOD - A method for downhole generation of non-radioactive, ionised radiation arranged so as to be able to generate reverberation, particularly X-ray- and/or gamma radiation, from the surroundings of a borehole, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
| 03-04-2010 |
| 20120085899 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MEASURING THE DENSITY OF MATERIAL INCLUDING A NON-NUCLEAR MOISTURE PROPERTY DETECTOR - The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for measuring the density of a material. According to one aspect, a material property gauge includes a nuclear density gauge for measuring the density of a material. A radiation source adapted to emit radiation into a material and a radiation detector operable to produce a signal representing the detected radiation. A first material property calculation function may calculate a value associated with the density of the material based upon the signal produced by the radiation detector. The material property gauge includes an electromagnetic moisture property gauge that determines a moisture property of the material. An electromagnetic field generator may generate an electromagnetic field where the electromagnetic field sweeps through one or more frequencies and penetrates into the material. An electromagnetic sensor may determine a frequency response of the material to the electromagnetic field across the several frequencies. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20090242745 | Method for Detecting of Geotectonic Signals Triggered by a Geotectonic Event - For the detection of geotectonic signals triggered by a geotectonic event, an infrasonic wave accompanying the geotectonic event and being generated at the ground and temperature fluctuations are utilized, causing a modulation of an airglow. The modulation of the airglow is detected from the ground by means of an infrared spectrometer and the mesopause temperature is measured with a high temporal resolution. For the detection of a geostationary event, a number of simultaneously operated infrared spectrometers is provided in regions sensitive to geotectonic events. | 10-01-2009 |
