US 11,933,776 B2
Pressure meter testing apparatus and method
Jean E. Elkhoury, Cambridge, MA (US); Thomas Berard, Clamart (FR); Emilie Peyret, Bucharest (RO); Romain Prioul, Concord, MA (US); and Vincenzo De Gennaro, Pau (FR)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,756.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,575, filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196629 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 33/24 (2006.01); E21B 33/124 (2006.01); E21B 33/127 (2006.01); E21B 47/003 (2012.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01N 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/24 (2013.01) [E21B 33/1243 (2013.01); E21B 33/127 (2013.01); E21B 47/003 (2020.05); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/006 (2013.01); G01N 19/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
assembling a logging tool for measuring a pressure within a portion of a wellbore, wherein the logging tool comprises one or more sensors and one or more packers;
positioning the logging tool into the portion of the wellbore, wherein the one or more packers are positioned in a section of a geological formation associated with the portion of the wellbore;
purging air from the logging tool; and
performing a pressure meter test on the section of the geological formation, wherein the pressure meter test comprises:
performing a series of inflation and deflation cycles within the section of the geological formation; and
receiving a plurality of pressure and volume measurements associated with the section of the geological formation from the one or more sensors during the series of inflation and deflation cycles.