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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2016
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Christian Stoller, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Matthieu Simon, Clamart, FR;
David Alan Rose, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Libo Yang, Katy, TX (US);
Onur Ozen, Clamart, FR;
Sicco Beekman, Houston, TX (US);
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a downhole tool including an electrically operated radiation generator that selectively output radiation to a surrounding environment based at least in part on supply of electrical power; and a control system that determines likelihood of exposing living beings in the surrounding environment to output radiation by determining whether one or more check conditions is met; determine that each of the one or more check conditions is met before instructing the electrically operated radiation generator to output radiation; and instruct the electrically operated radiation generator to cease output of radiation when at least one of the one or more check conditions is no longer met.