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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:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2012
Applicants:

Paul Rodney, Spring, TX (US);

Michael Pelletier, Houston, TX (US);

Christopher Michael Jones, Houston, TX (US);

Derrick Lewis, Conroe, TX (US);

Inventors:

Paul Rodney, Spring, TX (US);

Michael Pelletier, Houston, TX (US);

Christopher Michael Jones, Houston, TX (US);

Derrick Lewis, Conroe, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 8/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for imaging and characterizing materials when performing subterranean operations are disclosed. A method for analyzing gaseous emissions from a subterranean formation comprises positioning a hyperspectral image capturing mechanism to monitor an area of interest and detecting presence of one or more materials of interest in the area of interest using the hyperspectral image. The amount of the one or more materials of interest in the area of interest is then quantified.


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