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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Patrick Fisseler, Missouri City, TX (US);
Tom Palmer, Stafford, TX (US);
James Mather, Richmond, TX (US);
Colin Longfield, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Meehan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jean-marc Follini, Houston, TX (US);
Jean-michel Hache, Houston, TX (US);
Patrick Fisseler, Missouri City, TX (US);
Tom Palmer, Stafford, TX (US);
James Mather, Richmond, TX (US);
Colin Longfield, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Meehan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jean-Marc Follini, Houston, TX (US);
Jean-Michel Hache, Houston, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole tool positionable in a wellbore for penetrating a subterranean formation includes a housing having at least one protuberance extending therefrom. The protuberance has at least one centralizing section and a protective section. A probe is positioned in the protective section such that the horizontal cross-sectional area of the housing along the protective section is less than the horizontal cross-sectional area of the housing along the at least one centralizing section.