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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Applicants:
John Cook, Cambridge, GB;
Marc Thiercelin, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
John Cook, Cambridge, GB;
Marc Thiercelin, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for accurately determining a pore pressure of a subsurface formation () penetrated by a wellbore (). The systems and methods provide for measuring pressure and temperature at a measuring location proximal to the wellbore for a predetermined amount of time, storing the measurements, communicating the measurements and processing the pore pressure from the pressure and temperature measurements. The measuring location may be a location in a channel () drilled from the wellbore into the formation.