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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2001
Marcel Boucher, Houston, TX (US);
Brian Peter Jarvis, Chipping Sodbury, GB;
Tim McCarthy, Houston, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An accelerometer caliper while drilling arrangement comprising a drill bit having an axis of rotation and a gauge region, a caliper tool body, a first accelerometer mounted upon the caliper tool body and arranged to measure acceleration in a first direction, and a second accelerometer mounted upon the caliper tool body and arranged to measure acceleration in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the caliper tool body and the drill bit are coupled to one another in such a manner that the first and second accelerometers are mounted in a known relationship to the drill bit.