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Method and device for making geophysical measurements within a wellbore

CA 1213969 A · Owner: Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine · Inventors: Staron, Philippe; Gros, Pierre

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A method and device for making geophysical measurements in a wellbore. A measuring string which preferably comprises a plurality of measuring tools displaced along a borehole wall is connected to a surface control unit by means of a traction system consisting of a cable, guide pulley, connection head and junction box. The measuring tools are displaced at a relative velocity which is equal and opposite to the absolute velocity of the traction system in order to reduce the absolute velocity of the measuring tools to zero during measurement periods. The relative velocity of the tools is in the same direction as the absolute velocity of the traction system between measurement periods, with the …

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  • Granted November 12, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 12, 2003.
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FiledNovember 30, 1984
GrantedNovember 12, 1986
Term endedNovember 12, 2003
Patent numberCA 1213969 A
Classification (IPC)G01V1/40 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedNov 30, 1984Patent grantedNov 12, 1986Term endedNov 12, 2003

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