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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew L. Kurkjian, Sugar Land, TX (US);
John B. Elmer, Houston, TX (US);
William B. Underhill, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/700 ;
Abstract
A well logging instrument is disclosed which includes a housing operatively coupled to a well logging conveyance and movable within the wellbore. The housing has therein a formation testing system and an axial extension mechanism. The axial extension mechanism controllably extends and retracts to allow the formation testing system to perform tests and take samples in an axially fixed position in the wellbore while the housing moves through the wellbore.