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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7614294 | Systems and methods for downhole fluid compatibility Methods for performing downhole fluid compatibility tests include obtaining an downhole fluid sample, mixing it with a test fluid, and detecting a reaction between the fluids. Tools for performing downhole fluid compatibility tests include a plurality of fluid chamb... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7347282 | Steerable soil penetration system A steerable soil penetration system having a steerable penetration head, which compacts and does not cut away the surrounding soil and which is connected to an elongate flexible tubing such that the orientation of the penetration head can be varied relative to the t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347003 | Device to measure axial displacement in a borehole A device to measure minute displacement in rocks, including anchor deployment means, anchor registration means, and frame release means. Further including anchor units comprising a fixed anchor point, a reversible anchor actuator and a deployable anchor face capable... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338215 | Cable termination An optical cable termination includes a termination body and a pressure test section. The pressure test section includes a body configured to be press fit, screwed or otherwise attached to an end of the termination body and at least one test port. The pressure test ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331248 | Method and apparatus for detecting and locating explosives, biological, and chemical substances in ducts and structures using tracers A method and an apparatus for detecting, locating, and quantifying explosive materials and devices, and naturally occurring and man-made dangerous or hazardous biological and chemical materials and devices in ducts or piping systems, or other fluid flow systems in b... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314082 | Methods of improving well bore pressure containment integrity Methods of improving the pressure containment integrity of subterranean well bores are provided. The methods include pumping a fracture sealing composition into the well bore that rapidly converts into a high friction pressure sealing composition which is impermeabl... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7219553 | Dynamic transient pressure detection system The present invention is a dynamic transient pressure detection system for detecting and recording variations in pressure inside operating fluid chambers. One or more dynamic pressure sensors are installed inside an operating fluid chamber. Pressure is continuously ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216533 | Methods for using a formation tester A method of testing a downhole formation using a formation tester on a drill string. The formation tester is disposed downhole on a drill string and a formation test is performed by forming a seal between a formation probe assembly and the formation. A drawdown pist... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7197914 | Method and apparatus for detecting and locating leak holes in a pipeline using tracers A method and an apparatus for finding the location of one or more holes in a fluid flow system such as pipe, duct, or conduit using one or more tracers that interact with or can be chemically or physically differentiated from those of the liquid or gas contents loca... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198105 | Apparatus and method for controlling the pressure of fluid within a sample chamber A formation testing tool and method for providing pressure controlled sampling is provided. A flow line delivers formation fluid to a sample chamber in the testing tool. A first valve controls the flow of formation fluid from the flow line to the sample chamber. A p... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182134 | Intelligent well system and method An intelligent well system and method has a sand face completion and a monitoring system to monitor application of a well operation. Various equipment and services may be used. In another aspect, the invention provides a monitoring system for determining placement o... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7155967 | Formation testing apparatus and method A method and apparatus for testing formations surrounding an earth borehole. The method includes the following steps: providing a tool movable through the borehole; providing a flow line in the tool; establishing fluid communication between the formations and the fl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128142 | Apparatus and methods for improved fluid displacement in subterranean formations Apparatus and methods for determining suitable displacement fluids for use in subterranean cementing operations, and methods of cementing that use such displacement fluids, are provided. Examples of apparatus include apparatus for evaluating fluids. An example of a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122913 | Modular power generation apparatus and method The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing temporary electrical power to stationary locations and moveable locations. For example, vessel marine power systems may be directed to the reduction and elimination of air pollutants produced when u... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114754 | Mobile construction support vehicle A vehicle for use in the construction trade to support steel building fabrication and support issues. In the preferred embodiment, the vehicle comprises a trailer, a mobile type unit containing enough equipment to handle most tasks used on a construction site, parti... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111681 | Interpretation and design of hydraulic fracturing treatments Solutions for the propagation of a hydraulic fracture in a permeable elastic rock and driven by injection of a Newtonian fluid. Through scaling, the dependence of the solution on the problem parameters is reduced to a small number of dimensionless parameters. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7066266 | Method of treating oil and gas wells A method of stimulating an entire target formation of an oil or gas well during fluid treatment is obtained by dividing the target formation into intermediate zones and initiating stimulation in each intermediate zone. Once stimulation is initiated in each intermedi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059180 | Water cut rate of change analytic method A method of measuring a water effect on an underground non-water well includes the steps of assembling a history of water cut (WC) measurements for the well over an extended period of time, determining a water cut rate of change (R) for the well based upon the histo... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7032662 | Method for determining the extent of recovery of materials injected into oil wells or subsurface formations during oil and gas exploration and production Disclosed is a method of determining the extent of recovery of materials injected into oil wells or subsurface formations. The method includes injection of one or more tracers into an oil well or into a formation. Included in the method are the steps of introducing ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025146 | Alternative packer setting method Fluid setting pressure is delivered to a hydraulically set well packer through an external conduit strapped to the exterior of a well workstring above the packer assembly. The continuity of the external conduit is continued past the packer assembly by following a fl... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013724 | Method for characterizing parameters of wells, well bottom zone and formation, and device for carrying out said method The invention is related to the oil industry and can be used in well intake capacity testing and well bottom zone treatment. On injection line in front of the wellhead it is set a measuring section of a length allowing to fix pressure drops when flow medium o... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994162 | Linear displacement measurement method and apparatus Methods and apparatus for detecting an operation of a downhole tool using an optical sensing system are disclosed. In an embodiment, a flow control device has an inner tubular member moveable relative to an outer tubular member and a thermally responsive chamber cap... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6981549 | Hydraulic fracturing method The present invention relates to methods of designing a hydraulic fracturing treatment in a subterranean reservoir and methods of treatment. Methods of the invention include quantifying reservoir parameters such as bottomhole temperature and formation permeability, ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6973973 | Gas operated pump for hydrocarbon wells The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for improving production from a wellbore. In one aspect, a downhole pump for use in a wellbore is provided. The downhole pump includes two or more chambers for the accumulation of formation fluids an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6622554 | Open hole formation testing Systems and methods particularly suitable for open hole formation testing are provided. In a described embodiment, a method of performing a test on a formation intersected by a wellbore includes the steps of flowing fluid into an apparatus from the format... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6588266 | Monitoring of downhole parameters and tools utilizing fiber optics The present invention provides systems utilizing fiber optics for monitoring downhole parameters and the operation and conditions of downhole tools. In one system fiber optics sensors are placed in the wellbore to make distributed measurements for determi... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6581686 | Method of and device for tracing hydraulic fractures, stimulations, cement jobs, etc. in oil and gas wells Tracing hydraulic fractures, stimulations, selective cement jobs, etc. in oil and gas wells includes introducing into a well in a zone of interest a plurality of radio frequency transmitting elements each having an identification, moving in the well a rea... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6467543 | System and process for secondary hydrocarbon recovery A hydrocarbon reservoir undergoing secondary recovery is subject to a first and then at least a second gravity gradient survey in which a gravity gradiometer takes gradient measurements on the surface above the reservoir to define successive data sets. Th... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6328103 | Methods and apparatus for downhole completion cleanup A method of performing a downhole well completion cleanup is provided. In a described embodiment, completion fluids from a first zone are flowed into a tubular string, and then the fluids are discharged into a second zone. An apparatus usable in the metho... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321595 | Characterization of organic contaminants and assessment of remediation performance in subsurface formations Characterization of organic contaminants in subsurface formation is performed by methods for detecting the presence of nonaqueous phase liquid in a subsurface formation, and for determining the composition and for determining the volume of nonaqueous phas... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6152226 | System and process for secondary hydrocarbon recovery A hydrocarbon reservoir undergoing secondary recovery is subject to a first and then at least a second gravity gradient survey in which a gravity gradiometer takes gradient measurements on the surface above the reservoir to define successive data sets. Th... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6003365 | Characterization of organic contaminants and assessment of remediation performance in subsurface formations Characterization of organic contaminants in subsurface formation is performed by methods for detecting the presence of nonaqueous phase liquid in a subsurface formation, and for determining the composition and for determining the volume of nonaqueous phas... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5723781 | Borehole tracer injection and detection method The present invention generally pertains to apparatus and a method for continuously injecting a tracer in a borehole to thereby enable continuously measuring the flow of effluents in the borehole, i.e. either in an injection well or production well, of an... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5717131 | Apparatus for testing a shear thickening plugging fluid An apparatus for testing a shear thickening plugging fluid that is an emulsion of two components which react with each other to provide a thickening of the fluid when subjected to high stress, such apparatus comprising a cylinder (1) having an inlet (2) w... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5621170 | Method for testing gas wells in low pressured gas formations The "Tank Test" method for determining well tests in low pressured reservoirs utilizes gravity drainage from a water storage tank to inject water into the reservoir. The Tank Test eliminates the need for expensive pumping equipment and the required manual... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5492175 | Method for determining closure of a hydraulically induced in-situ fracture A subsurface formation surrounding a borehole is hydraulically fractured when a fracturing fluid is supplied down through the borehole by way of a fluid injection line from the surface of the earth. Pressure drop is measured along the injection line as fr... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5485745 | Modular downhole inspection system for coiled tubing A downhole inspection tool is attached to the lower end of a length of coiled tubing having an electrical/fiberoptic cable threaded through the center. The coiled tubing carries a flow of optically clear and/or acoustically homogeneous fluid from a supply... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5353637 | Methods and apparatus for borehole measurement of formation stress A modular sonde may be configured in various ways for measurements in open or cased boreholes. The sonde is conveyed on an electric wireline with or without a coiled tubing for conveying hydraulic energy from the surface. Modules common to the configurati... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5284051 | Method for identifying residual oil characteristics of porous reservoir rock A first fluid having a dyed styrene monomer is injected into a porous reservoir rock to effect saturation. A second fluid, miscible with the first fluid and having a dyed styrene monomer differing in color from the first fluid, is injected into the porous... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5275041 | Equilibrium fracture test and analysis The present invention is generally directed to a method for determining certain parameters necessary for fracture treatment design. The method and analysis of the present invention provide for calculation of the product of the fluid-loss coefficient and t... | 01/04/1994 |
