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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2011
Robert R. Mcdaniel, Houston, TX (US);
Cody Ryan Peeples, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robin Pierce Gardner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert R. McDaniel, Houston, TX (US);
Cody Ryan Peeples, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robin Pierce Gardner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for determining fracture geometry of a subterranean formation from radiation emitted from a fracture in the formation, including measuring gamma-radiation emitted from the fracture; subtracting background radiation from the measured gamma-radiation to obtain a peak-energy measurement; comparing the peak-energy measurement with a gamma-ray transport/spectrometer response model; and determining formation fracture geometry of the fracture in accordance with values associated with the response model.