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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Applicants:
BO Yang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Steve E. Buchanan, Pearland, TX (US);
Akio Kita, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/06 (2006.01); E21B 44/02 (2006.01); E21B 44/04 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/06 (2013.01); E21B 44/005 (2013.01); E21B 44/02 (2013.01); E21B 44/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for positioning a downhole tool in a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, commencing coring operations by rotating a coring bit of the downhole tool and extending the rotating coring bit into a sidewall of the wellbore, sensing a parameter associated with the coring operations, and adjusting the coring operations based on the sensed parameter.