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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Spyro Kotsonis, Missouri, TX (US);
Warren Zemlak, Moscow, RU;
Eric Lavrut, Yokohama, JP;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for borehole cleaning comprises a tubular conveyance extending from the surface into a borehole to a region to be cleaned, a motor mounted at the end of the tubular conveyance that in use is introduced into the borehole, a pump connected to the motor and having a nozzle, and a power cable extending trough the tubular conveyance from the surface to provide power to the motor, The pump is arranged such that, when positioned in the borehole and operated by the motor, the pump withdraws material from the borehole through the nozzle and pumps it into the tubular conveyance to the surface.