Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Yr20

Michael L Hinz

Michael Thomas Pelletier

Paul David Ringgenberg

Mark Anton Proett

Gregory N Gilbert

Harold Wayne Nivens

Mehdi Azari

Douglas Stevenson

Timothy Everitt

William Hinz

An International Standards Organization ('OSI') Layer-2 ('Ethernet') Pseudo-wire (&#x201c;OSI Layer-1 type service&#x201d;) appliance, method, system and hub service is disclosed. The method and system facilitate the rapid deployment of Layer-2 Pseudo-wires over unknown and untrusted Internet Protocol (&#x201c;IP&#x201d;) networks. The method and system facilitate the fluid edge of corporate networks and any situation where the Layer-3 network addresses cannot be changed.

Method and system for layer-2 pseudo-wire rapid-deployment service over unknown internet protocol networks

Methods and apparatus are provided which permit well testing operations to be performed downhole in a subterranean well. In various described methods, fluids flowed from a formation during a test may be disposed of downhole by injecting the fluids into the formation from which they were produced, or by injecting the fluids into another formation. In several of the embodiments of the invention, apparatus utilized in the methods permit convenient retrieval of samples of the formation fluids and provide enhanced data acquisition for monitoring of the test and for evaluation of the formation fluids.

Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Michael L Hinz