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US 8,011,454 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for continuous tomography of cores
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorHomero C. Castillo
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Abstract
A method of estimating a property of interest downhole according to one aspect of the disclosure may include continuously receiving a core drilled from a formation into an open end of a chamber while removing the core distal from the open end of the chamber. The method further includes obtaining a measurement relating to property of interest of the core using at least one sensor; and estimating the property of interest of the core using the obtained measurement.
Claims19
A method of estimating a property of interest downhole, comprising:
- continuously receiving a core drilled from a formation into an open end of a coring chamber by removing an end of the core distal from the open end of the chamber;
- obtaining a measurement of the core relating to a property of interest of the core using at least one sensor;
- estimating the property of interest of the core using the obtained measurement;
- storing the core in a storage chamber uphole of the coring chamber;
- and
- generating a tomogram from the estimates of the property of interest of the core.
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An apparatus for use in a wellbore, comprising:
- a coring device configured to continuously receive a core at an open end of a chamber by removing an end of cutting the core distal from the open end of the chamber;
- at least one sensor configured to obtain measurements of a property of interest downhole;
- and
- a processor configured to provide an estimate of the property of interest using the measurements, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a tomogram from the measurements of the property of interest of the core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.