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Automated sidewall coring

US9217328B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2010
Grant dateDec 22, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B44/04
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

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.

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