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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/1185 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 33/124 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/1208 (2013.01); E21B 33/1243 (2013.01); E21B 43/11855 (2013.01); E21B 49/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
Packers may be inflated within the wellbore to engage and isolate a portion of the wellbore wall. Charges included within the packers may then be fired to perforate the formation. According to certain embodiments, the charges may be located within drains in the packers that can be subsequently employed to sample the surrounding formation.