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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2008
Applicants:

Brian J. Lecompte, Tomball, TX (US);

Richard R. Pemper, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Xiaogang Han, Tomball, TX (US);

Inventors:

Brian J. LeCompte, Tomball, TX (US);

Richard R. Pemper, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Xiaogang Han, Tomball, TX (US);

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for estimating resistivity of a formation includes: selecting spectra collected by pulsed neutron instrument disposed down a wellbore traversing the formation, the spectra including capture interactions and inelastic interactions; deconvolving the spectra to estimate an elemental yield; converting the elemental yield to a total concentration value; subtracting a concentration value for drilling mud and a concentration value for the formation from the total concentration value to estimate a concentration in fluid within the formation; and converting the fluid concentration value to a resistivity value. A computer program product and an instrument are provided.


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