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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Eric Lavrut, Yokohama, JP;
Charles Woodburn, Paris Cedex, FR;
Inventors:
Eric Lavrut, Yokohama, JP;
Charles Woodburn, Paris Cedex, FR;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/024 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/01 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/06 (2013.01); E21B 41/0035 (2013.01); E21B 47/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and the methods for deploying a sensor in the formation down a borehole. The apparatus comprises a downhole drilling system which is connected at a first end to the surface and is connected at a second end to a flexible drilling string downhole in the borehole. At least a portion of the flexible drilling string is locatable in a lateral hole of the borehole, and at least one downhole sensor is connectable to the portion of the drilling string that is locatable in the lateral hole.