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Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Huseyin Rahmi Seren, Houston, TX (US);

Max Deffenbaugh, Fulshear, TX (US);

Mohamed Larbi Zeghlache, Al Khubar, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/092 (2012.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/26 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/092 (2020.05); E21B 23/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/138 (2020.05); E21B 47/26 (2020.05);
Abstract

A downhole tool includes a body configured to move in a wellbore formed from a terranean surface to a subterranean formation in a direction downhole of the terranean surface independent of a downhole conveyance attached to the body; one or more sensors positioned in the body, the one or more sensors configured to measure a value associated with at least one of the wellbore or the terranean surface; and at least one mass positioned in the body and configured to adjust an orientation of the body in response to one or more forces acting on the body as the downhole tool moves in the wellbore in the direction downhole of the terranean surface.


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