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Formation testing instrument having extensible housing

US6655458B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 6, 2001
Grant dateDec 2, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B47/01
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A well logging instrument is disclosed which includes a housing operatively coupled to a well logging conveyance and movable within the wellbore. The housing has therein a formation testing system and an axial extension mechanism. The axial extension mechanism controllably extends and retracts to allow the formation testing system to perform tests and take samples in an axially fixed position in the wellbore while the housing moves through the wellbore.

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