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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Kristopher V. Sherrill, Humble, TX (US);
Clive D. Menezes, Conroe, TX (US);
David Welshans, Damon, TX (US);
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus according to which a sample bottle drill collar section is assembled. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a drill collar that includes an outer surface; a pocket accessible through an aperture in the outer surface, the pocket defining a first side wall and a second side wall; a bottle assembly disposed within the pocket, the bottle assembly comprising a sample bottle having an axial length; one or more clamps coupled to the outer surface and abutting or overlapping the bottle assembly, the one or more clamps at least partially retaining the bottle assembly in the pocket; and one or more spacers disposed within the pocket, the one or more spacers abutting the bottle assembly and at least one of the first and second side walls of the pocket.