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Field experience in measuring oil content, lithology and porosity with a high-energy neutron-induced spectral logging system

Hoyer et al., 1965

Document ID
15445632722681717196
Author
Hoyer W
Rumble R
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of Petroleum Technology

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A complete logging system, consisting of a pulsed high-energy neutron generator, a gated sodium iodide crystal, photomultiplier gamma-ray spectra is described. Typical results from 27 field tests and interpretation of the data are discussed. Since gamma rays induced by the …
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