Patent ID: 6265713
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G01F,G01N

Abstract:
A flow section adapted for measurements of oil well effluent at a well head, the section comprising:a) a measurement pipe connected in parallel with an effluent pipe connected to the well head, and having first and second opposed housings formed therein which open onto internal and external walls of the measurement pipe and are respectively adapted to receive removable gamma ray source means and gamma ray detector means, together defining gamma ray attenuation measuring means;b) elements of material having low gamma ray attenuation fixed in openings of the housings formed on the internal wall of the measurement pipe, andc) protection members removably disposed in openings in the housings connecting to the outside so as to close off the housings from the outside, the protection members being removable from the housings so as to allow removable gamma ray attenuation measuring means to be located in the housings adjacent to the elements.