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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1994
Roger L Schultz, Stillwater, OK (US);
H Kent Beck, Copper Canyon, TX (US);
Paul D Ringgenberg, Carrollton, TX (US);
Ronald L Hinkie, Marlow, OK (US);
Halliburton Company, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Early evaluation testing of a subsurface formation is provided by monitoring pressure fall-off in the formation. This is accomplished by providing a column of fluid in the well having an overbalanced, hydrostatic pressure at the subsurface formation greater than a natural formation pressure of the subsurface formation. A testing string is run into the well, and the testing string includes a packer, a pressure monitor and a closure tool arranged to close a bore of the testing string. The formation is shut in by setting the packer and closing the bore of the testing string with the closure tool and thereby initially trapping the overbalanced hydrostatic pressure of the column of fluid in the well below the packer. Then the pressure in the well below the packer is monitored as it falls off toward the natural formation pressure. This data can be extrapolated to estimate the natural formation pressure based upon a relatively short actual test interval on the order of ten to fifteen minutes.