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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Jorge Lopez DE Cardenas, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Gary L. Rytlewski, League City, TX (US);
Matthew R. Hackworth, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Inventors:
Jorge Lopez de Cardenas, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Gary L. Rytlewski, League City, TX (US);
Matthew R. Hackworth, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system includes a string that includes a passageway and a plurality of tools. The system further includes an untethered object that is adapted to be deployed in the passageway such that the object travels downhole via the passageway and controllably expand its size as the object travels downhole to selectively cause one of the tools to capture the object.