Patent · US Active

Tripping indicator for MWD systems

US9157310B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
13References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 2008
Grant dateOct 13, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 29, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B44/00
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method for surveying a formation includes conveying a survey instrument into the wellbore; measuring one or more parameters of interest relating to a wellbore tubular in the wellbore; and operating the survey instrument after the measured parameter of interest indicates that the wellbore tubular is being tripped out of the wellbore.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.