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Number: 73/152.56
Name: Measuring and testing > Borehole or drilling (e.g., drill loading factor, drilling rate, rate of fluid flow) > Downhole test > Free point or stuck point
Description: Subject matter wherein the determination of the physical characteristic of the borehole, the casing, or the drill rigging is made by measuring or detecting the point or points at which a drill pipe, casing, or tubing is stuck in a borehole traversing an earth formation.


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7389183 Method for determining a stuck point for pipe, and free point logging tool Jun. 17, 2008
7302841 Free point tool with low mass sensor Dec. 4, 2007
7252143 Method and apparatus for anchoring tool in borehole conduit Aug. 7, 2007
6618675 Speed correction using cable tension Sep. 9, 2003
6581453 Method and apparatus for detecting and localizing unwanted matter internally in a pipe string Jun. 24, 2003
6536519 Downhole tool to generate tension pulses on a slickline Mar. 25, 2003
6401838 Method for detecting stuck pipe or poor hole cleaning Jun. 11, 2002
6363780 Method and system for detecting the longitudinal displacement of a drill bit Apr. 2, 2002
6145378 Aided inertial navigation system Nov. 14, 2000
6050141 Method and apparatus for acoustic logging of fluid density and wet cement plugs in boreholes Apr. 18, 2000
5984009 Logging tool retrieval system Nov. 16, 1999
5522260 Method and apparatus for determining a depth correction for a logging tool in a well Jun. 4, 1996
5520245 Device to determine free point May. 28, 1996
5508915 Method to combine statistical and engineering techniques for stuck pipe data analysis Apr. 16, 1996
5375476 Stuck pipe locator system Dec. 27, 1994
5181172 Method for predicting drillstring sticking Jan. 19, 1993
4966234 Method for determining the free point of a stuck drillstring Oct. 30, 1990
4766764 Magnetic freepoint sensor utilizing spaced hall effect devices Aug. 30, 1988
4708204 System for determining the free point of pipe stuck in a borehole Nov. 24, 1987
4694902 Procedure and device for determining the jamming point of a pipe line in a drill hole Sep. 22, 1987
4545242 Method and apparatus for measuring the depth of a tool in a borehole Oct. 8, 1985
4515010 Stuck point indicating device with linear sensing means May. 7, 1985
4444050 Freepoint indicator Apr. 24, 1984
4440019 Free point indicator Apr. 3, 1984
4402219 Apparatus for detecting the stuck point of drill pipes in a borehole Sep. 6, 1983
4351186 Apparatus for conduit free-point detection in boreholes Sep. 28, 1982
4289024 Well casing free-point indicator Sep. 15, 1981
4207765 Method and apparatus for determining the point at which pipe is stuck in a well Jun. 17, 1980
4125013 Anchoring apparatus for tools used in determining the stuck point of a conduit in a borehole Nov. 14, 1978
4109521 Method and apparatus for logging inclined earth boreholes using the measured acceleration of the well logging instrument Aug. 29, 1978
4105071 Methods and apparatus for determining the stuck point of a conduit in a borehole Aug. 8, 1978
4105070 Methods for determining the stuck point of a conduit in a borehole Aug. 8, 1978
4104911 Methods and apparatus for determining the stuck point of a conduit in a borehole Aug. 8, 1978
3994163 Stuck well pipe apparatus Nov. 30, 1976
3942373 Well tool apparatus and method Mar. 9, 1976
3934466 Resistance sensing free-point tool Jan. 27, 1976



 
 
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