NZ182256A - Nuclear well logging detects water flow around borehole - Google Patents

Nuclear well logging detects water flow around borehole

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Publication number
NZ182256A
NZ182256A NZ182256A NZ18225676A NZ182256A NZ 182256 A NZ182256 A NZ 182256A NZ 182256 A NZ182256 A NZ 182256A NZ 18225676 A NZ18225676 A NZ 18225676A NZ 182256 A NZ182256 A NZ 182256A
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NZ
New Zealand
Prior art keywords
water flow
flow around
well logging
detects water
nuclear well
Prior art date
Application number
NZ182256A
Inventor
O M Langford
D M Arnold
H D Smith Jr
H J Paap
W E Schultz
H E Peelman
Original Assignee
Texaco Development Corp
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Publication date
Priority claimed from US05/628,174 external-priority patent/US4032780A/en
Priority claimed from US05/628,169 external-priority patent/US4032778A/en
Priority claimed from US05/628,172 external-priority patent/US4028546A/en
Application filed by Texaco Development Corp filed Critical Texaco Development Corp
Publication of NZ182256A publication Critical patent/NZ182256A/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/56—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using electric or magnetic effects
    • G01F1/64—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using electric or magnetic effects by measuring electrical currents passing through the fluid flow; measuring electrical potential generated by the fluid flow, e.g. by electrochemical, contact or friction effects
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/10—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
    • E21B47/11—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using tracers; using radioactivity
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/10—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
    • E21B47/11—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using tracers; using radioactivity
    • E21B47/111—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using tracers; using radioactivity using radioactivity
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/704—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow using marked regions or existing inhomogeneities within the fluid stream, e.g. statistically occurring variations in a fluid parameter
    • G01F1/7042—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow using marked regions or existing inhomogeneities within the fluid stream, e.g. statistically occurring variations in a fluid parameter using radioactive tracers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
    • G01V5/04—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging
    • G01V5/08—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging using primary nuclear radiation sources or X-rays
    • G01V5/10—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging using primary nuclear radiation sources or X-rays using neutron sources
    • G01V5/101—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging using primary nuclear radiation sources or X-rays using neutron sources and detecting the secondary Y-rays produced in the surrounding layers of the bore hole
NZ182256A 1975-11-03 1976-10-07 Nuclear well logging detects water flow around borehole NZ182256A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/628,174 US4032780A (en) 1975-11-03 1975-11-03 Behind casing water flow detection using continuous oxygen activation
US05/628,169 US4032778A (en) 1975-11-03 1975-11-03 Behind casing water volume flow rate measurement using gamma ray spectral degradation
US05/628,172 US4028546A (en) 1975-11-03 1975-11-03 Behind well casing water flow detection system

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NZ182256A true NZ182256A (en) 1980-11-28

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Country Status (8)

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AU (1) AU502652B2 (en)
BR (1) BR7607281A (en)
FR (1) FR2329978A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1505446A (en)
NO (1) NO145743C (en)
NZ (1) NZ182256A (en)
RO (1) RO76913A (en)
YU (1) YU268976A (en)

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Family Cites Families (6)

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US3115576A (en) * 1959-07-31 1963-12-24 Jersey Prod Res Co Method of controlling well fluid circulation by radioactivation of fluid elements
US3084250A (en) * 1959-11-24 1963-04-02 Res & Aviat Dev Inc Material flow detector and method
US3789217A (en) * 1970-02-10 1974-01-29 Dresser Ind Water production system having means to selectively profile vary borehole fluid flow
US3733486A (en) * 1970-12-30 1973-05-15 Texaco Inc Radiological well logging methods and apparatus for reducing the effect of activation from the detector crystal
US3815677A (en) * 1972-03-03 1974-06-11 Exxon Production Research Co Method for operating in wells
FR2251014A1 (en) * 1973-11-08 1975-06-06 Texaco Development Corp Radioactive well logging - with comparison of neutron capture and aluminium isotope decay radiations

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BR7607281A (en) 1977-09-13
RO76913A (en) 1982-02-01
YU268976A (en) 1982-10-31
AU1919676A (en) 1978-05-11
NO145743C (en) 1982-05-26
FR2329978B1 (en) 1983-11-18
NO145743B (en) 1982-02-08
GB1505446A (en) 1978-03-30
AU502652B2 (en) 1979-08-02
NO763530L (en) 1977-05-04
FR2329978A1 (en) 1977-05-27

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