ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,562, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Gamma-ray spectroscopy logging tool" was invented by Jiaxin Wang (Houston), Jeffrey James Crawford (Houston), Zilu Zhou (Houston), Weijun Guo (Houston) and Stephen A. Zannoni (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of methods and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a pulsed neutron logging tool for a borehole in a subterranean formation, including: a pulsed neutron generator to broadcast neutrons into the subterranean formation; and a gamma ray scintillator detector comprising cerium bromide (CeBr3), wherein the pulsed ne...