Patent ID: 8022838

Claim:
A logging system for use in a wellbore formed in an earth formation, comprising a tubular conduit extending from surface into and not fixed within the wellbore; a surface communication device located at the surface; a telemetry device installed in the tubular conduit and positionable inside the wellbore, capable of sending and receiving signals to and/or from the surface communication device, the signals representing commands and/or data; a logging tool string capable of passing from a position within the conduit to a position outside the conduit at a lower end part thereof and capable of being suspended in said position outside the conduit; and a communication interface between the logging tool string and the telemetry device, comprising: a first member installed in the logging tool string and moveable relative to the tubular conduit; a second member installed in the tubular conduit separate from the logging tool string, the first member, and the telemetry device, and the first member alignable within at least a portion of the second member to enable communication of the commands and/or data between the logging tool string and the telemetry device when the tubular conduit is moveable within the wellbore.