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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Lennox E. Reid, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Carsten Sonne, Birkeroed, DK;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 25/02 (2006.01); E21B 25/10 (2006.01); E21B 49/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 25/10 (2013.01); E21B 25/02 (2013.01); E21B 49/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sidewall coring apparatus for obtaining a plurality of formation cores from a sidewall of a wellbore includes a core catching tube configured to be sealed downhole and to store at least one of the formation cores therein. The core catching tubes includes a first end that may be sealed by a first sealing mechanism, and an opposite end that may be sealed by a second sealing mechanism. The core catching tube also includes a fluid evacuation port that may be sealed downhole.