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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340860 ; 367 33 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the vertical location of a logging tool in a wellbore is disclosed. An electrical signal is transmitted through a conductor in a well logging cable and a second conductor in the surface. Change in length of the well logging cable is determined by monitoring phase changes in the signals from the first and second conductors.