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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Barry Fitzgerald, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/06 ;
Abstract
A method of analysing scale at a location in a hydrocarbon well flow system comprises the steps of: using an in situ gamma-ray detector to obtain a gamma-ray spectrum from said scale, and spectroscopically analysing said spectrum to determine the abundances of radioactive isotopes in said scale.