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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Dinesh R. Patel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Donald W. Ross, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony F. Veneruso, Paris, FR;
Fabien F. Cens, Massy, FR;
John R. Lovell, Houston, TX (US);
Ian Stuart Mackay, Perth, AU;
Dinesh R. Patel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Donald W. Ross, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony F. Veneruso, Paris, FR;
Fabien F. Cens, Massy, FR;
John R. Lovell, Houston, TX (US);
Ian Stuart Mackay, Perth, AU;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that is usable with a well includes a first equipment section that includes a first inductive coupler and a second equipment section that includes a second inductive coupler. The second equipment section is adapted to be run downhole into the well after the first equipment section is run downhole into the well to engage the first equipment section. A mechanism of the apparatus indicates when the first inductive coupler is substantially aligned with the second inductive coupler.