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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2009
Applicants:

Bruce H. Storm, Jr., Houston, TX (US);

James G. Aivalis, Katy, TX (US);

Bulent Finci, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Peter Wells, Houston, TX (US);

Akio Kita, Katy, TX (US);

Eric Johnson, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Jonathan Macrae, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Bruce H. Storm, Jr., Houston, TX (US);

James G. Aivalis, Katy, TX (US);

Bulent Finci, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Peter Wells, Houston, TX (US);

Akio Kita, Katy, TX (US);

Eric Johnson, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Jonathan Macrae, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/01 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods and systems for logging through a drillstring. In one embodiment, a method of logging an exposed formation includes drilling a wellbore by rotating a cutting tool disposed on an end of a drillstring and injecting drilling fluid through the drillstring; deploying a BHA through the drillstring, the BHA including a logging tool; forming a bore through the cutting tool; inserting the logging tool through the bore; longitudinally connecting the BHA to the drillstring; and logging the exposed formation using the logging tool while tripping the drillstring into or from the wellbore.


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