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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Brian Doud, Spring, TX (US);
John A. Thomas, Porter, TX (US);
Inventors:
Brian Doud, Spring, TX (US);
John A. Thomas, Porter, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of a system for preventing the loss of a spooled device into a wellbore comprises a housing defining an aperture extending therethrough, the aperture sized for allowing the spooled device to pass therethrough, a sensor to measure at least one condition of the system, and a gripper device to engage with the spooled device and the housing to prevent the loss of the spooled device when the condition of the system is a failure condition.