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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
William E. Brennan, III, Richmond, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole tool for a wellbore within a geological formation may include a housing to be lowered into the wellbore, a probe carried by the housing, and a packer carried by the probe. The packer may include a rigid base, an elastomeric member carried by the rigid base and having a recess therein, and a support member within the recess and comprising a plurality of rigid segments interconnected to allow relative movement between adjacent rigid segments. The rigid base, the elastomeric member, and the support member may each have respective aligned openings therein defining a fluid sampling inlet.