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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Method and apparatus for communicating incremental depth and/or other useful data of a downhole tool
Applicant:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Roger P. Bartel, Spring, TX (US);
Charles Lee Mauldin, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/04 (2012.01); E21B 45/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/04 (2013.01); E21B 45/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/124 (2013.01); E21B 47/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for communicating incremental depth and/or other useful data of a downhole tool. The incremental depth and/or other useful data of the downhole tool being communicated by measuring at least one change in the downhole system, detecting the change downhole, and subsequently determining the incremental depth and/or other useful data of the downhole tool.