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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Steven G. Villareal, Houston, TX (US);
Reinhart Ciglenec, Katy, TX (US);
Michael J. Stucker, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Khanh Duong, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Steven G. Villareal, Houston, TX (US);
Reinhart Ciglenec, Katy, TX (US);
Michael J. Stucker, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Khanh Duong, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a fluid communication device configured to extend from a drill string and establish fluid communication with a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore in which the drill string is positioned, wherein the drill string comprises a passage configured to conduct drilling mud and an opening extending through an outer surface thereof and into a cavity. A sample chamber is coupled within the cavity and is in selectable fluid communication with the formation via the fluid communication device.