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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126104 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLABLE DOWNHOLE PRODUCTION OF IONIZING RADIATION WITHOUT THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE CHEMICAL ISOTOPES Apparatus for the controllable downhole production of ionizing radiation (12), the apparatus including at least a thermionic emitter (11) which is arranged in a first end portion (7a) of an electrically insulated vacuum container (9), and a l... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120049607 | MINERAL SEAM DETECTION FOR SURFACE MINER A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of mineral seams during coal or ore mining operations. A mining machine with a cutter drum includes a detector assembly that includes two detectors attached near the surface cut by the cutter drum. The detectors include ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120035854 | SEISMIC ACQUISITION SYSTEM INCLUDING A DISTRIBUTED SENSOR HAVING AN OPTICAL FIBER A seismic acquisition system includes a distributed optical sensor (having an optical fiber) and an interrogation subsystem configured to generate a light signal to emit into the optical fiber. The interrogation subsystem receives, from the distributed optical sensor, b... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110290992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS FOR WELLBORE SURVEY A system of optical measurements for wellbore survey comprises a light conveyable cable, an optical measurement apparatus optically coupled to one end of the light conveyable cable, and a light source optically coupled to another end of the light conveyable cable. The l... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110186722 | Apparatus and Method for Pulsed Neutron Generation Including a High Voltage Power Supply An apparatus for irradiating an earth formation is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a carrier configured to be disposed in the formation; a neutron tube disposed at the carrier and located on an axis; and a high voltage power source disposed at the carrier and electri... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110114830 | ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION FOR DOWNHOLE NUCLEAR RADIATION GENERATOR Systems, methods, and devices with improved electrode configuration for downhole nuclear radiation generators are provided. For example, one embodiment of a nuclear radiation generator capable of downhole operation may include a charged particle source, a target materia... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20100207018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CHARACTERISATION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS The invention provides a method and apparatus for the identification of a constituent of or within a rock. The method included: applying low level electromagnetic energy to the rock thereby inducing a thermal response from the constituent; imaging the thermal response f... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100187411 | RADON MONITORING SYSTEM FOR EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION The present invention is related to a system for monitoring radon emissions to predict earthquakes. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a radon monitoring system that is designed to remotely monitor the release of radon gas and to use such data in the pr... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100051796 | METHOD FOR DOWNHOLE, NON-ISOTOPIC GENERATION OF IONISED RADIATION AND AN APPARATUS FOR USE WHEN PRACTISING THE METHOD A method for downhole generation of non-radioactive, ionised radiation arranged so as to be able to generate reverberation, particularly X-ray- and/or gamma radiation, from the surroundings of a borehole, wherein the method comprises the steps of: 03/04/2010 | |
| 20100020074 | Method and apparatus for detecting objects from terrestrial based mobile mapping data A method of detecting objects from terrestrial based mobile mapping data is disclosed, wherein the terrestrial based mobile mapping data has been captured by way of a terrestrial based mobile mapping vehicle driving on a road having a driving direction, the mobile mappi... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100001179 | METHOD OF PROCESSING ROCK WITH LASER AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME An object is to provide a method capable of boring a borehole even when quartz glass or silicon dioxide is deposited as molten dross by laser irradiation. A laser irradiation position of a workpiece is irradiated with a laser having wavelength of 1.2 μm or longer and a... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090242745 | Method for Detecting of Geotectonic Signals Triggered by a Geotectonic Event For the detection of geotectonic signals triggered by a geotectonic event, an infrasonic wave accompanying the geotectonic event and being generated at the ground and temperature fluctuations are utilized, causing a modulation of an airglow. The modulation of the airglo... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090166520 | IN-SITU SOIL NITRATE ION CONCENTRATION SENSOR A method and apparatus for near real-time in-situ soil solution measurements is presented. An outer sleeve is placed in soil where ionic concentrations of organic or inorganic species are to be measured. A porous section connects with the outer sleeve (the porous sectio... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090140133 | Pipeline pig and method for irradiation of bacteria in a pipeline A pipeline pig includes a fluid driven electrical power generator and an ultraviolet radiation source powered by the electrical power generator. Radiation is directed away from the pig to irradiate the inner surface of a pipeline when the pig is driven through the pipel... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139768 | Apparatus and Methods for Continuous Tomography of Cores A method of estimating a property of interest downhole according to one aspect of the disclosure may include continuously receiving a core drilled from a formation into an open end of a chamber while removing the core distal from the open end of the chamber; obtaining a... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090114007 | CHEMICAL SENSOR USING FOUR WAVE MIXING TECHNIQUE A sensor for measuring a property of a chemical, the sensor including: a light source; and a mixing medium in optical communication with the light source and exposed to the chemical; wherein four wave mixing of light interacting with the mixing medium provides a signal ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090103677 | Classification method for sedimentary rocks A method of determining a parameter of interest of reservoir rock formation is described using the steps of measuring an x-ray attenuation or absorption distribution of a sample of said rock formation, identifying the mineral phase part of said distribution, and subdivi... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090045327 | AERIAL-SUPPORTED PROCEDURE FOR EXPLORATION OF HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS The present invention refers to an aerial-supported procedure for the exploration of hydrocarbon deposits, especially crude oil and gas deposits, using fluorescence procedures, including aerial-supported geo-referencing of the detected locations by means of a digital te... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080245959 | ADJUSTED LASER BEAM CONTAMINANT PROCESSING Processing soil in a land area contaminated with one or more contaminates that are elements having one or more respective NMR values. Examples of the contaminates are the heavy metals. The processing includes generating a plurality of base laser beams at base frequencie... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080073495 | Portable remote camera and radiation monitor A hand-held portable video camera and radiation monitoring apparatus which can be deployed by a single operator in the field is disclosed. The apparatus uses a compact, extendable probe which provides real time visual monitoring via a video camera along with real time r... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20070257189 | Buried object evaluating method, underground resources evaluating method, underground waste evaluating method, underground preserved object evaluating method, stratum structure evaluating method and building interior monitoring method, all using hard X-rays or y-rays As a method for using a hard X-ray sensor that can detect weak hard X-rays or the like with a higher resolution, a method for accurately evaluating natural resources of crude oil, natural gas, etc. existing underground, for example, is provided. A buried object evaluati... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070131859 | TAMPER RESISTANT RADON DETECTOR Embodiments of the present invention provide for a tamper resistant radon detector monitoring system. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070057171 | Borehole invariant porosity measurement method The invention concerns a method for determining the porosity of earth formation penetrated by a borehole, the method comprising conveying a tool along said borehole, wherein said tool comprises a source of neutron radiation and at least two detectors axially spaced from... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20060208184 | Method for determining shale bed boundaries and gamma ray activity with gamma ray instrument Resolution of thin beds made by a natural gamma ray logging tool is improved using a relation between the width of the response and the bed thickness. The peak gamma ray of the bed is determined using another relation between the measured gamma ray response and the bed ... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060131496 | Method and apparatus for monitoring deposition of solids in pipelines using a plurality of radiation sources pointing to a unique detector The invention concerns a method of monitoring flow in a flow pipe. According to the invention, the method comprising the following steps: providing a flow pipeline having a unique photon detector at a first position on the periphery of said pipe, a first photon source a... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060000972 | Method and system for detecting a property of a pavement by measuring gamma-radiaton For detecting a property of at least one layer (301) of a pavement (300), a flux of radiation of energy levels or at least one range selected from an energy spectrum received from the pavement is measured in a position above the pavement. The measured radi... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050121618 | Neutron/gamma ray survey instrument with directional gamma ray sensitivity A portable survey instrument and methodology yield intensity of neutron radiation, intensity of gamma radiation, and a direction of impinging gamma radiation. The instrument uses a neutron detector surrounded by an essentially rectangular moderator with preferably four ... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050069073 | Buried object evaluating method, underground resources evaluating method, underground waste evaluating method, underground preserved object evaluating method, stratum structure evaluating method and building interior monitoring method, all using hard X-rays or y-rays As a method for using a hard X-ray sensor that can detect weak hard X-rays or the like with a higher resolution, a method for accurately evaluating natural resources of crude oil, natural gas, etc. existing underground, for example, is provided. A buried object evaluati... | 03/31/2005 |
