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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Tom Macdougall, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Gbenga Onadeko, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Tom MacDougall, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Gbenga Onadeko, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for fishing a wellbore with wired drill pipe are provided. Embodiments of the invention advantageously identify objects for removal and signal proper attachment therewith. In an embodiment, a method of fishing with wired drill pipe comprising attaching a fishing apparatus to the end of a wired drill pipe string, extending the wired drill pipe string into a wellbore, monitoring signals received through the wired drill pipe string from one or more sensors coupled to the fishing apparatus, and determining proper coupling of the fishing apparatus with one or more objects intended for removal based on the signals received from the sensors is provided.