Background: The D-T controllable neutron source is used to replace the chemical gamma source to measure the formation density in oil exploration. Purpose: The paper aims to study the effect of pair production on density measurement accuracy using the D-T neutron induced gamma ray. Methods: Firstly
the theory of traditional chemical source density logging method is analyzed
and the difference of the mass attenuation coefficient between Compton scattering and pair production is compared. In addition
the measurement accuracies of both traditional density log and neutron induced gamma density log are studied using Monte Carlo simulation method. And then the source of error and its correction are analyzed. Results & Conclusion: The measurement accuracy of neutron induced gamma density is worse than the traditional density log
the reason is that the contribution of gamma comes from not only the Campton scattering
which is employed in traditional density log
but also pair production. Moreover
the pair production of gamma ray is sensitive to the formation lithology
and the measurement accuracy could be increased if the lithology correction was added. Abstract