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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Stephen A. Morris, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Inventor:
Stephen A. Morris, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing images of a downhole tool during drilling of a wellbore are provided. A sensor on a rotating tool occupies a number of azimuthal sectors of the wellbore which are determined by a processor. The processor determines a time during which the sensor is in each of the azimuthal sectors during each revolution of the tool and provides a depth-correlated image of the sector residence times for the tool.