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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Alexander Zazovsky, Houston, TX (US);
Fernando Garcia-osuna, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Steve G. Villareal, Houston, TX (US);
Timur Zharnikov, Reutov, RU;
Alexander Zazovsky, Houston, TX (US);
Fernando Garcia-Osuna, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Steve G. Villareal, Houston, TX (US);
Timur Zharnikov, Reutov, RU;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to control a formation testing operation based on a mudcake leakage are disclosed. A disclosed example method for use with a downhole tool disposed in a wellbore comprises measuring a property of a mudcake layer at a first location in a wellbore, determining a value representative of an estimated leakage through the mudcake layer based on the property, and determining, based on the value, whether to continue a formation testing operation.