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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Matthieu Simon, Houston, TX (US);
Peter Wraight, Skillman, NJ (US);
Christian Stoller, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Kenneth E. Stephenson, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Andrew Bazarko, Princeton, NJ (US);
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
Logging-while-drilling tools incorporating an electronic radiation generator, such as an electronic X-ray generator, and a method for using the same are provided. One example of such a logging-while-drilling tool may include a circumferential drill collar, a chassis disposed radially interior to the drill collar, and an electronic X-ray generator and an X-ray detector disposed within the chassis. The electronic X-ray generator may emit X-rays out of the logging-while-drilling tool into a subterranean formation. The X-ray detector may detect X-rays that return to the logging-while-drilling tool after scattering in the subterranean formation, which may be used to determine a density and/or a lithology of the subterranean formation.