Patent ID: 9335438
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: E21B,G01N,G01V,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a borehole containing a drilling fluid being circulated therethrough; a first optical computing device arranged in the borehole and having at least one integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the drilling fluid and detect one or more gas hydrates present therein; a first detector arranged to receive optically interacted light generated from optical interaction between the at least one integrated computational element and the drilling fluid, the at least one detector being configured to generate a first output signal corresponding to a characteristic of the one or more gas hydrates; a second detector arranged to receive a portion of the optically interacted light and generate a compensating signal indicative of radiating deviations of an electromagnetic radiation source; and a signal processor arranged to receive and computationally combine the first output signal and the compensating signal and thereby normalize the first output signal in view of the radiating deviations.