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| 20080277573 | SENSING TOOL - A sensor system includes a carrier configured for a specific application; an electronics module mountable in a number of individual carriers; a feedthrough mountable in a number of individual carriers and in operable communication with the interface; a sensor mounting mountable in a number of individual carriers and in operable communication with the feedthrough; and a sensor array articulated to the sensor mounting. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090014636 | Nanograss Gamma Detector - A gamma-ray detector comprising:
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| 20100207018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CHARACTERISATION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS - The invention provides a method and apparatus for the identification of a constituent of or within a rock. The method included: applying low level electromagnetic energy to the rock thereby inducing a thermal response from the constituent; imaging the thermal response from the constituent to obtain thermal image within a plurality of distinctive bands of IR spectra; interpreting the thermal images to identify the constituent. The apparatus includes: a low level electromagnetic energy generator/applicator for inducing a thermal response from the constituent; an infra-red imaging device for imaging the thermal responses induced within a plurality of distinctive bands of IR spectra; and a computing device for interpreting the thermal images produced by the imaging device to identify the constituent within the rock. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100219334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELLBORE MONITORING - A system for monitoring a borehole includes: a borehole string configured to be disposed within the borehole and configured to direct a fluid into the earth formation for storage in the earth formation, the fluid including carbon dioxide; at least one optical fiber sensor disposed on the borehole string at a fixed location relative to the borehole string, the optical fiber sensor including a plurality of measurement units disposed therein along a length of the optical fiber sensor, the plurality of measurement units configured to cause a wavelength shift in an interrogation signal received in the at least one optical fiber sensor due to at least one of a strain and a deformation of the borehole string; and a processor configured to transmit the interrogation signal to the at least one optical fiber sensor, and calculate at least one of the strain and the deformation based on the wavelength shift. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100327153 | USE OF SOLID CRYSTALS AS CONTINUOUS LIGHT PIPES TO FUNNEL LIGHT INTO PMT WINDOW - An apparatus for estimating a property in a borehole penetrating the earth, the apparatus having: a carrier configured for being conveyed through the borehole; a scintillation crystal disposed at the carrier, a first portion of the crystal having a first cross-sectional area; and a photodetector optically coupled to the scintillation crystal and configured to detect photons generated in the crystal by interactions with radiation to estimate the property, the photodetector having a second cross-sectional area configured to couple to the crystal; wherein the crystal at a second portion tapers from the first cross-sectional area to the second cross-sectional area to guide the generated photons to the photodetector. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110024613 | MATERIALS FOR USE AS STRUCTURAL NEUTRON MODERATORS IN WELL LOGGING TOOLS - An instrument for performing measurements downhole, includes: a neutron source; and a neutron moderating material exhibiting high compressive strength and high performance for moderation and shielding of neutrons, the shielding disposed proximate to the neutron source. A method for fabricating the instrument is provided. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110133067 | OPTICAL SENSOR HAVING A CAPILLARY TUBE AND AN OPTICAL FIBER IN THE CAPILLARY TUBE - A system for use in a well includes an optical cable for positioning in the well. An optical sensor is optically coupled to the optical cable, where the optical sensor has a capillary tube and an optical fiber in the capillary tube. The capillary tube also includes a first sealed region containing a metallic material that is in liquid form at a downhole temperature in the well. A joint mechanism may attach the optical sensor to the optical cable. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120199730 | High Voltage Insulating Sleeve For Nuclear Well Logging - A well logging instrument includes an instrument housing to traverse a wellbore penetrating subsurface formations. An electrically operated energy source that emits ionizing radiation is disposed inside the housing. An insulating sleeve is disposed between the energy source and an interior wall of the housing. The insulating sleeve comprises a thin dielectric film arranged in a plurality of tightly fitting layers of dielectric material disposed adjacent to each other and successively. A thickness of each layer and a number of layers is selected to provide a dielectric strength sufficient to electrically insulate the energy source from the housing and to provide a selected resistance to dielectric failure resulting from the ionizing radiation. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120235030 | Test Formation Apparatus for a Downhole Tool - An insert apparatus for use in a test formation for a downhole nuclear spectroscopy tool includes an outer liner, and an inner liner defining a cylindrical borehole having a diameter such that the downhole nuclear spectroscopy tool is receivable therein. There is fill material between the outer liner and the inner liner, the material including a formation base material and an elemental standards material. The outer liner, the inner liner, and the fill material are configured such that an elemental standard measurement derived from a test using the insert apparatus is equivalent to an elemental standard measurement from a selected formation. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120267519 | RUGGEDIZED HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPATIBLE RADIATION DETECTOR - Disclosed is an apparatus configured to detect radiation at high temperatures in a borehole penetrating the earth. The apparatus includes a scintillation material that interacts with the radiation to generate photons, at least one solid-state photodetector optically coupled to the scintillation material and configured to detect the radiation by detecting the generated photons, and at least one optical element disposed between the scintillation material and the at least one solid-state photodetector and configured to concentrate the photons generated in the scintillation material onto the at least one solid-state photodetector. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130009048 | IMMERSION PROBE FOR MULTI-PHASE FLOW ASSURANCE - An immersion probe is described that includes sensing elements that allow for hydrate inhibitor dosage to be more efficiently provided into gas and/or oil wells. The immersion probe allows for detection of first appearance of water in a multiphase flow in a well, measuring the amount of inhibitor in water within the well, determining an accurate water-cut, and measuring other property such as water salinity. Accordingly, with the known water-cut, salinity and the water flow rate inferred from the inhibitor injection flow rate and inhibitor-in-water fraction, a correct dosage of the inhibitor can be injected to the well in order to prevent hydrate formation, while reducing overdosing. Water flow rate may also be inferred from an independently measured liquid flow rate and the immersion-probe measured water cut. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130015339 | Optically Stimulated Luminescence Radiation Measurement DeviceAANM Saenger; Richard G.AACI ChatillonAACO FRAAGP Saenger; Richard G. Chatillon FR - A device is presented to measure radiation in a well drilled in a geological formation. The device comprises at least one sensing arrangement, a light source, and a light sensor. The sensing arrangement comprises an optically stimulated luminescence material arranged to be positioned near a zone of interest such as to accumulate radiation emitted by the zone of interest over a defined accumulation delay. The light source is arranged to optically stimulate emission of a luminescence light by the sensing arrangement with a stimulation light according to a first wavelength range. And the light sensor is arranged to measure the luminescence light emitted by the sensing arrangement according to another wavelength range, a measured intensity of the luminescence light related to the accumulated radiation. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130020480 | MULTI-CHANNEL SOURCE ASSEMBLY FOR DOWNHOLE SPECTROSCOPY - A multi-channel source assembly for downhole spectroscopy has individual sources that generate optical signals across a spectral range of wavelengths. A combining assembly optically combines the generated signals into a combined signal and a routing assembly that splits the combined signal into a reference channel and a measurement channel. Control circuitry electrically coupled to the sources modulates each of the sources at unique or independent frequencies during operation. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130082170 | Density Derived From Spectra of Natural Radioactivity - The present disclosure relates to borehole logging methods and apparatuses for estimating a density of an earth formation using nuclear radiation, particularly by detecting naturally emitted gamma ray spectra. The method may include estimating a naturally emitted total gamma ray spectra; generating one or more simulated naturally emitted gamma ray spectra; and estimating the density of the earth formation using a comparison between the naturally emitted gamma ray spectra and at least one of the simulated naturally emitted gamma ray spectra. The apparatus may include at least one radiation detector configured to generate gamma information about an earth formation; and at least one processor configured to generate at least one simulated naturally emitted gamma ray spectra and to estimate the density of the earth formation using a comparison of the at least one naturally emitted gamma ray spectra with the at least one simulated naturally emitted gamma ray spectra. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130168542 | Neutron Generator and Method of Use - A neutron generator comprises a cylindrical housing having a target rod concentrically located along a central axis of the cylindrical housing. An array of field ionization nanotips is positioned around an inner surface of the housing, where the array of nanotips extends toward the central axis. A method for logging a formation comprises deploying a logging tool having a neutron generator into a borehole. An array of nanotips is located around an inner cylindrical surface of a cylindrical housing in the neutron generator are energized. An ionizable gas proximate the array of nanotips is ionized. The ions are accelerated radially inward to bombard a titanium layer on an outer diameter of a target rod concentrically located along a central axis of the cylindrical housing to generate neutrons. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130256520 | PHOTOMULTIPLER-BASED NEUTRON DETECTOR - A neutron detector is provided which may include a neutron converting layer, and a scintillator layer adjacent the neutron converting layer. The neutron detector may further include a photomultiplier adjacent the scintillator layer. By way of example, the neutron detector may be used in a well logging apparatus to determine a neutron flux incident upon the neutron converting layer, and thereby determine the neutron porosity of a geological formation around a wellbore. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130256521 | WELL-LOGGING APPARATUS WITH RING-SHAPED RESISTORS AND RELATEDMETHODS - A well-logging apparatus may include a charged particle source, a target electrode, and an accelerator column. The accelerator column may include a housing extending between the charged particle source and the target electrode, a series of spaced apart accelerator electrodes carried by the housing, a series of ring-shaped resistors surrounding the housing, and a respective connector coupling adjacent ones of the series of ring-shaped resistors together and to a corresponding one of the series of spaced apart accelerator electrodes. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140027626 | OPTICAL PHOTODETECTOR FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATION - An apparatus configured for estimating a parameter of interest in a borehole using at least one photodiode configured to generate signals, the at least one photodiode including a substance configured to reduce current leakage of the at least one photodiode in a downhole temperature environment. The method may include using the apparatus under downhole conditions. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140070083 | METHODS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FILTERS PER OPTICAL PATH IN A DOWNHOLE SPECTROMETER - Downhole spectrometer tools are provided with two ways to increase the number of filters on an optical path. A first approach employs multiple filter wheels that rotate alternately in a common plane to intersect the optical path. Portions of the wheels are cut out to avoid mechanical interference between the wheels. A second approach drives the one or more filter wheels with a wobble that causes the filters to trace one or more hypocycloidal curves that each intersect the optical path. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140110575 | Method Of Determining An Element Value - 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. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140131564 | Radiation Detection Apparatus Using Pulse Discrimination And A Method Of Using The Same - A radiation detection apparatus can include a scintillator, a photosensor optically coupled to the scintillator, and a control module electrically coupled to the photosensor. The control module can be configured to receive a pulse from the photosensor and identify a cause of noise corresponding to the pulse. Such information can be useful in determining failure modes and potentially predict future failures of radiation detection apparatuses. In another embodiment, the wavelet discrimination can be used to determine whether or not the pulse corresponds to a scintillation pulse, and potentially to identify a type of radiation or a radiation source. The technique is robust to work over a variety of temperatures, and particularly, at temperatures significantly higher than room temperature. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140166872 | Ion Source Employing Secondary Electron Generation - An ion source includes a cathode emitting primary electrons, a cathode grid downstream of the cathode, a reflector electrode downstream of the cathode grid, a reflector grid radially inward of the reflector electrode, and an extractor electrode downstream of the reflector electrode. The cathode and the cathode grid have a voltage difference such that the electric field accelerates the primary electrons on a trajectory toward the extractor electrode. The reflector grid and the extractor electrode have a voltage difference such that the electric field repels the primary electrons on a trajectory away from the extractor electrode and toward the reflector electrode. The cathode and reflector electrode have a voltage difference such that some primary electrons strike the reflector electrode, creating secondary electrons. The reflector grid has a positive potential such that the electric field attracts the primary and secondary electrons into the ionization region where they interact with ionizable gas. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140183348 | ION SOURCE WITH CATHODE HAVING AN ARRAY OF NANO-SIZED PROJECTIONS - An ion source for use in a particle accelerator includes at least one cathode. The at least one cathode has an array of nano-sized projections and an array of gates adjacent the array of nano-sized projections. The array of nano-sized projections and the array of gates have a first voltage difference such that an electric field in the cathode causes electrons to be emitted from the array of nano-sized projections and accelerated downstream. There is a ion source electrode downstream of the at least one cathode, and the at least one cathode and the ion source electrode have the same voltage applied such that the electrons enter the space encompassed by the ion source electrode, some of the electrons as they travel within the ion source electrode striking an ionizable gas to create ions. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140183349 | ION SOURCE USING SPINDT CATHODE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC CONFINEMENT - An ion source for use in a radiation generator tube includes a back passive cathode electrode, a passive anode electrode downstream of the back passive cathode electrode, a magnet adjacent the passive anode electrode, and a front passive cathode electrode downstream of the passive anode electrode. The front passive cathode electrode and the back passive cathode electrode define an ionization region therebetween. At least one Spindt cathode is configured to emit electrons into the ionization region. The back passive electrode electrode and the passive anode electrode, and the front passive cathode electrode and the passive anode electrode, have respective voltage differences therebetween, and the magnet generates a magnetic field, such that a Penning-type trap is produced to confine the electrons to the ionization region. At least some of the electrons in the ionization region interact with an ionizable gas to create ions. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140263994 | RADIATION DETECTOR FOR WELL-LOGGING TOOL - A radiation detector includes a housing to contain a radiation detecting gas. The housing has a first thermal expansion over an operating temperature range. An elongate electrode extends within the housing and has opposing first and second ends, with the first end secured to adjacent portion of the housing. The elongate electrode has second thermal expansion over the operating temperature range defining a difference with respect to the first thermal expansion. A temperature compensator is coupled between the second end of the elongate electrode and an adjacent portion of the housing. The temperature compensator has a third thermal expansion over the operating temperature range to maintain a tension on the elongate electrode within a desired range over the operating temperature range. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140263995 | PHOTOMULTIPLIER FOR WELL-LOGGING TOOL - A photomultiplier includes a tube and plurality of dynodes within the tube and including at least one first dynode and at least one second dynode. A respective insulator is between adjacent pairs of dynodes. The at least one first dynode includes a conductive outer ring and a medial conductive member coupled to the conductive outer ring in spaced relation therefrom. The at least one second dynode includes a conductive outer ring and a conductive inner ring supported within the conductive outer ring. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140263996 | Radiation Generator Having Bi-Polar Electrodes - A radiation generator includes an insulator, with an ion source carried within the insulator and configured to generate ions and indirectly generate undesirable particles. An extractor electrode is carried within the insulator downstream of the ion source and has a first potential. An intermediate electrode is carried within the insulator downstream of the extractor electrode at a ground potential and is shaped to capture the undesirable conductive particles. In addition, a suppressor electrode is carried within the insulator downstream of the intermediate electrode and has a second potential opposite in sign to the first potential. A target is carried within the insulator downstream of the suppressor electrode. The extractor electrode and the suppressor electrode have a voltage therebetween such that an electric field generated in the insulator accelerates the ions generated by the ion source toward the target. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140263997 | RADIATION DETECTOR FOR WELL-LOGGING TOOL - A radiation detector is used in a well-logging tool for positioning in a wellbore of a geologic formation. The radiation detector includes a photomultiplier housing and a scintillator housing. A housing coupler joins together opposing ends of the photomultiplier housing and scintillator housing. A photomultiplier is contained within the photomultiplier housing and a scintillator body is contained within the scintillator housing. A scintillator window is secured to the housing coupler. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140339408 | Scintillation Detector Package Having Radioactive Support Apparatus - A radiation detector package includes a support apparatus at least part of which is constructed from a naturally occurring radioactive material. A scintillator is associated with the support apparatus. The support may include a detector housing carrying a photodetector and the scintillator, and the detector housing may be constructed from the naturally occurring radioactive material. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140339409 | Scintillation Detector Package Having Radioactive Reflective Material Therein - A scintillator detector package includes a housing, with a scintillator in the housing. There is a radioactive reflective material between at least a portion of the scintillator and the housing. The radioactive reflective material may be a naturally occurring material, such as Lu | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140339410 | Borehole Fluid Effect Correction For Pulsed Neutron Porosity Measurements - A method for characterizing wellbore response of a pulsed neutron instrument includes inserting a pulsed neutron instrument into a plurality of simulated wellbores each filled with materials representing gas and liquid and measuring response of the pulsed neutron instrument in the simulated wellbores. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140353480 | Target Assembly Including Temperature Activated Coupler And Related Methods - A target assembly for a radiation generator may include a target body and a beam dump. The target assembly may also include a temperature activated coupler between the target body and the beam dump to move the beam dump between a non-contact position with the target body and a contact position with the target body based upon temperature. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140361155 | Fluid Analyzer with Plasma Emission Unit and Method of Using Same - A fluid analyzer of a downhole tool positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation is provided. The wellbore has a downhole fluid thereabout. The downhole tool has a downhole flowline for receiving the downhole fluid. The fluid analyzer includes a microflowline fluidly coupled to the downhole flowline to receive the downhole fluid therethrough, a plurality of electrodes positionable in the microflowline to generate an electrical field therebetween and to vaporize the downhole fluid passing therebetween whereby plasma emissions are generated from the downhole fluid, and a plasma detector to measure plasma emissions whereby components of the fluid are detectable. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150083904 | OPTICAL CABLE, DOWNHOLE SYSTEM HAVING OPTICAL CABLE, AND METHOD THEREOF - An optical cable includes an outer tubing. At least one optical fiber disposed within the outer tubing. A stiffening member configured to bend with bending of the outer tubing; wherein the stiffening member shifts a neutral plane of the cable away from the at least one optical fiber. Also included is a method of increasing a bending sensitivity in an optical cable. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150115145 | Apparatus to Reduce Pressure and Thermal Sensitivity of High Precision Optical Displacement Sensors - Methods, systems and devices for estimating a parameter of interest in a borehole. The method may include generating information from an optical displacement device relating to relative motion between two or more reflective surfaces thereof that is indicative of the parameter of interest; and preventing changes in the information resulting from changes at the optical displacement device in at least one of i) temperature, or ii) pressure, by compensating for the changes. Compensating may include adjusting at least one light source generating an electromagnetic beam at least partly received by the optical displacement device responsive to information relating to a control optical displacement device at the optical displacement device. Compensating may include using an optical displacement device and configuring the optical displacement device such that a difference between a first variable gap and a second variable gap is substantially zero while the apparatus is subject to nominal conditions. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150129753 | STANDOFF SPECIFIC CORRECTIONS FOR DENSITY LOGGING - Methods, systems, devices, and products for estimating a parameter of interest of a volume of an earth formation. Methods may include correcting a measurement relating to the parameter of interest by a downhole tool using at least one correction model determined from a plurality of predefined models. The at least one correction model may be determined based on an estimated borehole standoff of the tool from the borehole wall that is associated with the measurement. Correcting the measurement may include determining a correction factor using the correction model and applying the correction factor to the measurement. Each of the plurality of predefined models may be associated with each of a plurality of standoff bins, wherein each of the plurality of standoff bins is defined as a mutually exclusive interval of distance values from the downhole tool to the borehole wall. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150136963 | IMMERSION PROBE FOR MULTI-PHASE FLOW ASSURANCE - An immersion probe is described that includes sensing elements that allow for hydrate inhibitor dosage to be more efficiently provided into gas and/or oil wells. The immersion probe allows for detection of first appearance of water in a multiphase flow in a well, measuring the amount of inhibitor in water within the well, determining an accurate water-cut, and measuring other property such as water salinity. Accordingly, with the known water-cut, salinity and the water flow rate inferred from the inhibitor injection flow rate and inhibitor-in-water fraction, a correct dosage of the inhibitor can be injected to the well in order to prevent hydrate formation, while reducing overdosing. Water flow rate may also be inferred from an independently measured liquid flow rate and the immersion-probe measured water cut. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150331144 | Borehole Tool Calibration Method - A borehole tool calibration method may include obtaining a measured energy spectrum for at least one geological constituent based upon a first borehole tool, generating a calculated energy spectrum for the at least one geological constituent for the first borehole tool, and generating a calculated energy spectrum for the at least one geological constituent for a second borehole tool different than the first borehole tool. The method may further include determining a relationship between the calculated energy spectra for the first and second borehole tools, and determining a calibration parameter for the second borehole tool based upon the measured energy spectrum and the relationship between the calculated energy spectra for the first and second borehole tools. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150338527 | A DETECTOR FOR RADIATION, PARTICULARLY HIGH ENERGY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - A detector for radiation, particularly high energy electromagnetic radiation is provided. The detector includes a converting section including a cathode for converting the radiation incident on the converting section in electrons by the photoelectric effect. The detector further includes a gas electron multiplier for generating an electron avalanche from electrons which are generated by the converting section and enter the gas electron multiplier, the gas electron multiplier including a first electrode, a dielectric layer and a second electrode, the first electrode being disposed at a first side of the dielectric layer adjacent to the converting section and the second electrode being disposed at a second side of the dielectric layer opposite to the first side. The gas electron multiplier includes a number of holes filled with gas, the holes extending through the first electrode, the dielectric layer and the second electrode. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150369927 | DETECTOR PACKAGES - Various embodiments can include apparatus or methods to operate and provide detection packages. In various embodiments, detection packages may include an illuminating device, a photodetector, and an optical coupling component disposed between the illuminating device and the photodetector, where the optical coupling component can be structured to enhance the coupling of light from the illuminating device to the photodetector. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160011301 | FIBER OPTIC BACKSCATTER SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUTRON DETECTION IN NUCLEAR LOGGING TOOLS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160061990 | Method and System of a Neutron Tube - A neutron tube. At least some of the illustrative embodiments including: generating, from a neutron tube, a first neutron burst having a first characteristic energy spectra; and generating, from the neutron tube, a second neutron burst having a second characteristic energy spectra different than the first characteristic energy spectra, the generating the second neutron burst within one second of generating the first neutron burst. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160169794 | USING OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICES TO DETERMINE UNKNOWN ANALYTES | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160187313 | Core Sample Analysis System with Conditioned Environment - A system for analyzing a cote sample from a wellbore, where the analysis takes place in the field and proximate the wellbore. The system includes a trailer with a unit for scanning the core sample and obtaining information within the sample. The unit is housed in a cabinet having a cabinet interior that is maintained at a set temperature and humidity with conditioned air. The cabinet also has sidewalls that define a pressure barrier between the inside of the cabinet and an isolation space that is between the cabinet and inner surface of the trailer. The unit includes a manipulator system for moving the core sample through a rotating scan source in the scanning unit. A sample enclosure provides a barrier between the ambient zone surrounding the sample and the isolation space in the cabinet. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160187361 | System for Handling a Core Sample - An automated system for handling core samples in and out of an imaging device retrieves the samples from a staging area. During handling, the identity of each core sample is known to the system so that the imaging results are correlated appropriately. The system positions the core sample so the vertical and slab side orientations of the core sample discernable during handling. Core samples are staged in a location, and the automated system includes a robotic arm, which senses the core sample to discern its vertical and slab slot orientations, and then loads the core sample into the imaging device. When imaging is complete, the automated system removes the core sample from the imaging device; and in designated circumstances, transfers the core sample to a location for further analysis. In one example the further analysis is based on analyzing areas of interest identified in the core sample. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160202385 | Frequency Based Measurement of Characteristics of a Substance | 07-14-2016 |
