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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2004
Paul David Ringgenberg, Carrollton, TX (US);
Mark Anton Proett, Missouri City, TX (US);
Michael T. Pelletier, Houston, TX (US);
Michael L. Hinz, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory N. Gilbert, Missouri City, TX (US);
Harold Wayne Nivens, Runaway Bay, TX (US);
Mehdi Azari, Dallas, TX (US);
Paul David Ringgenberg, Carrollton, TX (US);
Mark Anton Proett, Missouri City, TX (US);
Michael T. Pelletier, Houston, TX (US);
Michael L. Hinz, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory N. Gilbert, Missouri City, TX (US);
Harold Wayne Nivens, Runaway Bay, TX (US);
Mehdi Azari, Dallas, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
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.