Method Of Determining An Element Value
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsJeffrey Miles, Robert Badry, James A. Grau
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Abstract
A method of analyzing a geologic formation having a borehole therein may include operating at least one tool within the borehole to collect respective borehole dimensions at different depths in the borehole, and collect respective total values for a given element at the different depths in the borehole. Each total value may be based upon both a value for an adjacent portion of the geologic formation and a value for material within the borehole. The method may also include determining each value of the given element in the adjacent portion of the geologic formation based upon the total value and the corresponding borehole dimensions.
Claims20
A method of analyzing a geologic formation having a borehole therein comprising:
- operating at least one tool within the borehole to
- collect respective borehole dimensions at a plurality of different depths in the borehole, and
- collect respective total values for a given element at the plurality of different depths in the borehole, each total value being based upon both a value for an adjacent portion of the geologic formation and a value for material within the borehole;
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- determining each value of the given element in the adjacent portion of the geologic formation based upon the total value and the corresponding borehole dimensions.
A system for analyzing a geologic formation having a borehole therein comprising:
- at least one tool to be positioned within the borehole to collect respective borehole dimensions at a plurality of different depths in the borehole, and to collect respective total values for a given element at the plurality of different depths in the borehole, each total value being based upon both a value for an adjacent portion of the geologic formation and a value for material within the borehole;
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- a controller to determine each value of the given element in the adjacent portion of the geologic formation based upon the total value and the corresponding borehole dimensions.
A non-transitory computer readable medium for analyzing a geologic formation, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions configured to perform operations comprising:
- determining each value of a given element in an adjacent portion of the geologic formation based upon a total value collected for the given element from at least one tool operated within the borehole at a plurality of different depths in the borehole and corresponding borehole dimensions collected from the at least one tool at the plurality of different depths in the borehole, each total value being based upon both a value for an adjacent portion of the geologic formation and a value for material within the borehole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.