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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott James Wilson, Plano, TX (US);
Keith Randall Ferguson, Allen, TX (US);
Medhat Mohamed Kamal, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
16625017 ; 7315222 ; 7315236 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for carrying out a downhole shut-in, pressure build-up test of a formation by lowering a string of coiled tubing having a pressure sensor and a packer thereon through the production tubing of the well. The packer is set to isolated the formation and the pressure is then measured by the pressure sensor. If the well is not flowing due to fluid standing in the wellbore, the well is first unloaded by flowing fluid down the coiled tubing to lift the fluid and reestablish flow into the well prior to setting the packer.