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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2017
Imdex Global B.v., Amsterdam-Zuidoost, NL;
Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, Balcatta, AU;
Abstract
A system () and method () of enabling the acquisition of borehole survey data and core orientation data in a single instrument trip in a core drill () having a drill string () and an inner core barrel assembly (). The method uses a borehole survey toolthat is arranged to at least log its position in three-dimensional space. The borehole survey tool () is run down the drill string () in which the inner core barrel assembly () is installed. The inner core barrel assembly () is arranged to either provide or facilitate detection of an indication of tool face of a core sample () held in the inner core barrel assembly (). The indication of tool face is then transferred mechanically or electronically to the visiting borehole survey tool ().