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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
May. 03, 2004
Mark A. Proett, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory N. Gilbert, Sugar Land, TX (US);
David E. Ball, Stafford, TX (US);
Mark A. Proett, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory N. Gilbert, Sugar Land, TX (US);
David E. Ball, Stafford, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods for operating multi-probed formation testers to determine a fluid density gradient in the formation. The probes of the multi-probed formation tester are connected to a pressure gauge through a flowline that establishes a differential height between the probes. In some embodiments, a gradient of the fluid density in the flowline is determined as a function of the gradient of fluid density in the wellbore. The flowline fluid density gradient is then used to determine a formation fluid density gradient as a function of the flowline fluid density gradient.