| US 7,601,950 B2 | ||
| System and method for downhole optical analysis | ||
| Tobias Kischkat, Niedersachsen (Germany); Stefen Sroka, Niedersachsen (Germany); and Peter Schaefer, GroB Kreutz (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 25, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/860,821. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0078860 A1, Mar. 26, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01V 5/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—269.1 | 26 Claims |
| 1. A method for estimating an optical property of a fluid downhole, the method comprising:
detecting light interacting with the fluid downhole;
measuring an integral of the detected light with respect to time for an integration time; and
estimating the optical property from a difference between a starting value and an ending value for the integral divided by
the integration time.
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