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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Douwe Johannes Runia, Rijswijk, NL;
Robert Nicholas Worrall, Naples, FL (US);
Inventors:
Douwe Johannes Runia, Rijswijk, NL;
Robert Nicholas Worrall, Naples, FL (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 10/62 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/62 (2013.01); E21B 19/16 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/0001 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of installing a sensor in a borehole drilled through underground formations, wherein the borehole is drilled with a hollow drill string formed from a series of pipe sections connected end-to-end, a drill bit being positioned at one end of the drill string and having a closure member that provides an opening between the borehole and the inside of the drill string, the method comprising: