Temperature correction of a gamma detector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9933532-B2
Application number	US-201315032530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2013
Priority date	Dec 4, 2013
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A logging tool may include a stabilization source configured to emit gamma rays, a gamma ray detector configured to collect gamma rays from the stabilization source and a formation and an analysis module. The analysis module may be configured to determine a photopeak of the stabilization source in a gamma ray spectrum including counts of the gamma rays collected by the gamma ray detector and perform resolution calculations using the photopeak to determine a resolution of the gamma ray detector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A logging tool comprising:
a stabilization source configured to emit a first plurality of gamma rays;
a logging source configured to emit a second plurality of gamma rays;
a gamma ray detector configured to collect:
the first plurality of gamma rays emitted by the stabilization source; and
a third plurality of gamma rays including reflections from a formation of the second plurality of gamma rays emitted by the logging source; and

an analysis module including instructions on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the instructions, when loaded and executed by a processor, configure the analysis module to:
calculate an energy spectrum of the first and third pluralities of gamma rays collected by the gamma ray detector;
determine a photopeak associated with the first plurality of gamma rays in the energy spectrum, the photopeak having a higher energy than the third plurality of gamma rays; and
perform resolution calculations using the photopeak to determine a resolution of the gamma ray detector.

2. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein performing resolution calculations comprises:
determining a sum of gamma ray counts of a first window in the energy spectrum of gamma rays, the first window adjacent to the photopeak;
determining a sum of gamma ray counts of a second window in the energy spectrum of gamma rays; and
determining a ratio of the sum of the second window to the sum of the first window.

3. The logging tool of claim 2 , wherein the first window and the second window are on a high-energy side of the photopeak.

4. The logging tool of claim 2 , wherein performing resolution calculations further comprises determining resolution from the determined ratio.

5. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further configure the analysis module to correct formation properties based upon the determined resolution of the gamma ray detector.

6. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further configure the analysis module to correct gamma ray counts based upon the determined resolution of the gamma ray detector.

7. The logging tool of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further configure the analysis module to make corrections based upon the determined resolution of the gamma ray detector, wherein the corrections include variations due to temperature changes experienced by the logging tool.

8. A method of analyzing a formation, comprising:
collecting, at a gamma ray detector:
a first plurality of gamma rays emitted from a stabilization source; and
a third plurality of gamma rays including reflections from a formation of a second plurality of gamma rays emitted from a logging source;

calculating, at a logging tool, an energy spectrum of the first and third pluralities of gamma rays collected by the gamma ray detector;
determining, at the logging tool, a photopeak associated with the first plurality of gamma rays in the energy spectrum, the photopeak having a higher energy than the third plurality of gamma rays; and
performing, at the logging tool, resolution calculations using the photopeak to determine a resolution of the gamma ray detector.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein performing resolution calculations comprises:
determining a sum of gamma ray counts of a first window of the energy spectrum of gamma rays, the first window adjacent to the photopeak;
determining a sum of gamma ray counts of a second window of the energy spectrum of gamma rays;
determining a ratio of the sum of the second window to the sum of the first window.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first window and the second window are on a high-energy side of the photopeak.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein performing resolution calculations further comprises determining resolution from the determined ratio.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising correcting formation properties based upon the determined resolution of the gamma ray detector.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising correcting gamma ray counts based upon the determined resolution of the gamma ray detector.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising making corrections based upon the determined resolution of the gamma ray detector, wherein the corrections include variations due to temperature changes experienced by the logging tool.

15. An article of manufacture, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including machine-executable instructions, the instructions readable by a processor and, when read and executed, configured to cause the processor to:
calculate an energy spectrum of gamma rays collected by a gamma ray detector, the gamma rays including:
a first plurality of gamma rays emitted from a stabilization source; and
a third plurality of gamma rays including reflections from a formation of a second plurality of gamma rays emitted from a logging source,

determine a photopeak associated with the first plurality of gamma rays in the energy spectrum, the photopeak having a higher energy than the third plurality of gamma rays; and
perform resolution calculations using the photopeak to determine a resolution of the gamma ray detector.

16. The article of claim 15 , wherein performing resolution calculations comprises:
determining a sum of gamma ray counts of a first window of the energy spectrum of gamma rays, the first window adjacent to the photopeak;
determining a sum of gamma ray counts of a second window of the energy spectrum of gamma rays;
determining a ratio of the sum of the second window to the sum of the first window.

17. The article of claim 16 , wherein the first window and the second window are on a high-energy side of the photopeak.

18. The article of claim 16 , wherein performing resolution calculations further comprises determining resolution from the determined ratio.

19. The article of claim 15 , further comprising instructions configured to cause the processor to correct formation properties based upon the determined resolution of the gamma ray detector.

20. The article of claim 15 , further comprising instructions configured to cause the processor to correct gamma ray counts based upon the determined resolution of the gamma ray detector.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Moake Gordon L

Classifications

• G01V5/06

  for detecting naturally radioactive minerals · CPC title

• G01V5/04

  specially adapted for well-logging · CPC title

• G01T1/40 Primary

  Stabilisation of spectrometers · CPC title

• E21B49/00

  Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells · CPC title

• E21B47/00 Primary

  Survey of boreholes or wells (monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08) · CPC title