摘要 |
A method is disclosed for estimating a formation pressure using a formation tester disposed in a wellbore penetrating a formation, said method comprising: (a) establishing fluid communication between a pretest chamber in the downhole tool and the formation via a flowline, the flowline having an initial pressure therein; (b) moving a pretest piston in a controlled manner in the pretest chamber to reduce the initial pressure to a drawdown pressure during a drawdown phase; (c) terminating movement of the piston to permit the drawdown pressure to adjust to a stabilized pressure during a build-up phase and measuring simultaneously in relation to time, pressure P(t) and temperature T(t) in the pretest chamber; (d) extracting an index i(t) dependent of the pressure P(t) and the temperature T(t) informing on the build-up phase; (e) analyzing index i(t) a nd repeating steps (b) - (d) or going to step (f); (f) determining the formation pressure based on a final stabilized pressure in the flowline. And more generally a method could be us ed for estimating type of a build up pressure phase, the build up pressure phase being done after a drawdown pressure phase, said both drawdown and build up phases being done to determine formation pressure using a formation tester disposed in a wellbore penetrating a permeable formation, said permeable formation being able to create a formation flow, said method being characterized by using an index to determine the contribution of formation flow on the pressure build up phase.
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