Spooled Device Retaining System
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsBrian Doud, John A. Thomas
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Abstract
An embodiment of a system for preventing the loss of a spooled device into a wellbore comprises a housing defining an aperture extending therethrough, the aperture sized for allowing the spooled device to pass therethrough, a sensor to measure at least one condition of the system, and a gripper device to engage with the spooled device and the housing to prevent the loss of the spooled device when the condition of the system is a failure condition.
Claims21
A system for preventing the loss of a spooled device into a wellbore, comprising:
- a housing defining an aperture extending therethrough, the aperture sized for allowing the spooled device to pass therethrough;
- a sensor to measure at least one condition of the system;
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- a gripper device to engage with the spooled device and the housing to prevent the loss of the spooled device when the condition of the system is a failure condition.
A system for arresting the progress of a spooled device into a wellbore, comprising:
- a housing defining an aperture extending therethrough, the aperture sized for allowing the spooled device to pass therethrough;
- a sensor to measure at least one condition of the system;
- a controller for determining a failure condition of the system based on the measured system condition;
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- a gripper device to engage with the spooled device and the housing to prevent the loss of the spooled device when the condition of the system is a failure condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.