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AssigneePrecision Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsMargaret Cowsar Waid, Bryan William Kasperski, Richard C. Odom, Dennis Eugene Roessler
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Apparatus and methods for determining one or more fluid parameters of interest by irradiating fluid with a source of nuclear electromagnetic radiation and subsequently measuring attenuation and absorption properties of the fluid from which parameters of interest are determined. Measurements are made with a formation tester tool comprising preferably two functionally configured flow lines. The source simultaneously irradiates fluid contained in opposing irradiation sections that can be integral sections of each of the two flow lines. A radiation detector is dedicated to each irradiation section and measures radiation attenuation and absorption properties fluid contained within each flow line section. Absolute and relative fluid parameters of interest are determined from the responses of the two radiation detectors.
A fluid density section comprising:
The fluid density section of claim 8 wherein major axes of said first and said second irradiation sections are aligned.
The fluid density section of claim 8 wherein said source of nuclear electromagnetic radiation comprised an isotopic gamma radiation emitter.
The fluid density section of claim 8 wherein a property of fluids contained within said first and said second irradiation sections is determined from the respective responses of said first detector and said second detector.
A fluid density section comprising:
A method for measuring a property of a fluid, the method comprising:
The method of claim 16 further comprising aligning major axes of said first and said second irradiation sections.
The method of claim 16 wherein said source of nuclear electromagnetic radiation comprised an isotopic gamma radiation emitter.
The method of claim 16 further comprising determining a property of fluids contained within said first and said second irradiation sections from the respective responses of said first detector and said second detector.
A method for measuring a property of a fluid, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.