Patents by Inventor James C. Pauley

James C. Pauley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Produced steam survey device and method
    Patent number: 5191210
    Abstract: A device and method for determining the flow of steam in a production well has a sonde with a pair of gamma ray detectors and a source of gaseous radioactive material therein. The sonde is lowered into the well and measured amounts of the gas are released and detected by the gamma detectors to thereby determine the volume and velocity of steam flowing in the production well as well as its depth of entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Pauley, Irwin R. Supernaw, Thomas M. Williams