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Reservoir Monitoring
NEUTRON
PULSE
GAMMA-RAY
SIGNAL
MEASUREMENTS
capture
Inelastic/Capture Log
inelastic
IC
100 ms
Energy
C/O Saturation
Three Phase Holdup
Lithology
Sigma/Porosity Log
S
1500 ms
Time
Formation sigma
Formation porosity
Borehole salinity
Time
Water velocity
Water flow index
PVL
100 ms
Time
Neutron Absorption:
Neutrons are slowed down by
elastic and inelastic interactions
to thermal energies (0.025 MeV)
Nucleus absorbs slow neutrons
Nucleus is excited and emits a gray
This is used to measure
abundance of elements that
capture neutrons
Counts
Enhance separation
of inelastic from
capture gamma rays
Long life
Reliability
Greater Output
10
20
30
Time (m.sec)
40
50
60
Inelastic-Capture
Mode
Spectra are recorded with
256 channels
Covering energy range
from 0.1 to 8 MeV
Large database with
more than 100 different
downhole situations
characterize the tool
response
Characterization consists
of at least 500 laboratory
measurements for each
tool
Oil and
Water
Spectra
Counts
Hyd rogen
O
Energy (MeV)
4
E n e r g y [Me V ]
Burst
g-ray
time-of-arrival
at detector
g-ray energy
Arriving at
detector
3-D Image:
Neutron Counts - Energy spectrum - Neutron Decay
Burst
g-ray energy
Arriving at
detector
g-ray
time-of-arrival
at detector
Pulsed
Neutron
Capture
IC Mode
Burst
Number
of g-rays
Pulsed
Neutron
Spectroscopy
Number
of g-rays
g-ray
time
g-ray
energy
g-ray energy
g-ray
Arriving at
detector
time-of-arrival
at detector
Capture data
For S
NEUTRON
PULSE
GAMMA-RAY
SIGNAL
MEASUREMENTS
capture
Inelastic/Capture Log
inelastic
IC
100 ms
Energy
C/O Saturation
Three Phase Holdup
Lithology
Sigma/Porosity Log
S
1500 ms
Time
Formation sigma
Formation porosity
Borehole salinity
Time
Water velocity
Water flow index
PVL
100 ms
Time