Wireline Standoff
OwnerGuy Wheater, Stuart Huytoninventors
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Abstract
An embodiment includes a wireline standoff that may ameliorate the effects of wireline cable differential sticking, wireline cable key seating, and high cable drags by reducing or eliminating contact of the wireline cable with the borehole wall during the logging operation. An embodiment includes a wireline standoff. The wireline standoff may comprise a pair of opposing assemblies. The opposing assemblies may each comprise a half shell, a cable insert configured to be disposed in the half shell, and external fins coupled to the half shell. The wireline standoff may further comprise one or more fasteners configured to couple the opposing assemblies to one another.
Claims20
A wireline standoff system comprising:
- a wireline drum;
- a wireline cable;
- and
- a plurality of wireline standoffs disposed on the wireline cable, wherein the wireline standoffs comprise a cable insert disposed between a pair of opposing assemblies.
A method for assembling a wireline standoff, the method comprising:
- (A) disposing a wireline into a borehole;
- (B) attaching two parts of an insert to the wireline;
- (C) securing the two parts of the insert to each other;
- (D) placing half shells around the insert;
- (E) securing the half shells to the insert;
- (F) securing the half shells to each other;
- and
- (G) repeating steps (B) through (F) at a different location on the wireline.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.