US 12,078,062 B2
Automated inflow negative test process
Ahmed M. Alghuryafi, Qatif (SA); and Abdullah H. Oqaili, Qatif (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,373.
Prior Publication US 2024/0110475 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/007 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 49/008 (2013.01) [E21B 47/007 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to perform an inflow negative test of a wellbore in a subterranean formation, comprising:
disposing a flow measuring sub in a drill string of the wellbore, wherein the flow measuring sub mechanically connects a drill pipe joint and a drill pipe of the drill string;
sustaining, using a mud pump, a fluid flow downstream along an annulus and upstream along the drill pipe, wherein the annulus is formed between the drill pipe and a casing string of the wellbore, wherein the fluid flow reverses direction through an open port in a wall of the drill pipe or an open end of the drill pipe, wherein the fluid flow returns to a mud tank from the drill pipe through the flow measuring sub and the drill pipe joint;
generating, using a measuring device of the flow measuring sub, flow measurement data of fluid movement through the flow measuring sub for sending to a computer device of the flow measuring sub; and
determining, using the computer device and based at least on the flow measurement data, a success/failure result of the inflow negative test.