Patent ID: 7784564

Claim:
A method, comprising: conveying a downhole tool via wireline in a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation; anchoring the downhole tool in the wellbore by extending an anchor from the downhole tool into contact with a wall of the wellbore at a first location in the wellbore; performing a formation fluid sampling operation using a sampling tool associated with a first section, wherein the sampling operation is performed at a second location in the wellbore while the downhole tool remains anchored in the wellbore at the first location, and wherein the second location is spaced apart from the first location in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the downhole tool; and moving the first section of the downhole tool and a second section of the downhole tool such that the first section of the downhole tool translates away from the second location in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the downhole tool and the second section of the downhole tool translates to the second location in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the downhole tool, and then performing a coring operation at the second location using a coring tool associated with the second section.