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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Anthony R. H. Goodwin, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Julian J. Pop, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen Yeldell, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jason Hueber, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Pierre-yves Corre, Eu, FR;
Stephane Briquet, Houston, TX (US);
Alexander Zazovsky, Houston, TX (US);
Carsten Sonne, Birkerod, DE;
Anthony R. H. Goodwin, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Julian J. Pop, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen Yeldell, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jason Hueber, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Pierre-Yves Corre, Eu, FR;
Stephane Briquet, Houston, TX (US);
Alexander Zazovsky, Houston, TX (US);
Carsten Sonne, Birkerod, DE;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole tool for extracting a sample from a subsurface formation includes an emitter of electromagnetic energy configured to heat water in the subsurface formation. A method for extracting a sample from a subsurface formation involves conveying a downhole tool in a wellbore drilled through the subsurface formation, the downhole tool having an emitter of electromagnetic energy configured to heat water in the subsurface formation, and actuating the emitter to expose a portion of the formation to electromagnetic energy.