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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 06, 2014
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Fikri John Kuchuk, Meudon, FR;
Stephane Hiron, Igny, FR;
Bertrand Theuveny, Moscow, RU;
Anthony J. Fitzpatrick, Le Vesinet, FR;
James G. Filas, Missouri City, TX (US);
Alexander Starostin, Abingdon, GB;
Pavel Evgenievich Spesivtsev, Moscow, RU;
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for performing a well test operation includes a tubular member having a surge chamber and a valve that can control fluid flow from a well into the surge chamber during the well test operation. The apparatus can also include a flow control device, in addition to the valve, for further controlling fluid flow into the surge chamber from the well. Flow rate and pressure data can be measured during the well test operation and used to estimate reservoir properties. Various other systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.