Patents
Patents for E21B 49 - Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells (11,875)
09/1999
09/28/1999US5959547 Well control systems employing downhole network
09/28/1999US5959203 Method for automatic identification of the nature of a hydrocarbon production well
09/28/1999US5957221 Downhole core sampling and testing apparatus
09/28/1999CA2155917C Early evaluation by fall-off testing
09/16/1999DE19811699A1 Sub soil gas sampling probe of modular construction
09/15/1999EP0942148A2 Apparatus for sampling fluids
09/14/1999US5950741 Extended soil sampling head
09/10/1999WO1999045236A1 Formation testing apparatus and method
09/10/1999WO1999045234A1 A non-rotating sensor assembly for measurement-while-drilling
09/09/1999CA2265048A1 Self-locking connector
09/07/1999US5949069 Method and apparatus for measuring volumetric water flow rates in highly inclined wellbores
09/07/1999CA2174804C Formation fluid flow rate determination method and apparatus for electric wireline formation testing tools
09/01/1999EP0939195A2 Apparatus and method for determining a drilling mode to optimize formation evaluation measurements
09/01/1999CN2336094Y Core drilling rig
08/1999
08/24/1999US5941305 Real-time pump optimization system
08/24/1999US5941121 For measuring liquid pressure
08/17/1999US5939330 Repetitively testing liquid samples; for monitoring radioactive contamination around nuclear reactors
08/17/1999US5937953 Soil sampling tool with unique vent-and-seal features and related method
08/12/1999WO1999040532A1 Improved process for predicting behavior of a subterranean formation
08/12/1999WO1999040530A1 Method for predicting pore pressure in a 3-d volume
08/10/1999US5937363 Method for calculating the distribution of fluids in a reservoir
08/10/1999US5937362 Method for predicting pore pressure in a 3-D volume
08/10/1999US5934375 Deep well sample collection apparatus and method
08/10/1999US5934374 Formation tester with improved sample collection system
08/10/1999US5934371 Remotely controlled shut-off valve and variable choke assembly
08/03/1999US5931235 Cutter head, boring jig and device and process for sea bottom boring
07/1999
07/20/1999CA2155916C Early evaluation system
07/13/1999US5924048 Automated material balance system for hydrocarbon reservoirs using a genetic procedure
07/13/1999US5922975 For communicating with underground fluids located at different locations
07/13/1999US5922950 Depth-discrete sampling port
07/13/1999US5922559 Biological systems particularly suitable for this invention are bioremediation, biologically enhanced oil recovery, biological leaching of metals, and agricultural bioprocesses.
07/06/1999US5918670 Multi-sensor relief valve well test system
06/1999
06/29/1999US5915476 Monitoring well
06/23/1999CN2325515Y Device for testing pressure of pipe string and well completion column
06/15/1999CA2255264A1 Multi-screen groundwater monitoring well system
06/10/1999DE19748580C1 Combination geotechnical depth probe with detachable probe head
06/08/1999US5909772 Apparatus and method for estimating liquid yield of a gas/condensate reservoir
06/01/1999CA2006926C Recovery simulation pilot process for a hydrocarbon deposit
05/1999
05/20/1999WO1998053173A3 Improvements relating to strata logging on computer
05/19/1999EP0916014A1 Apparatus and method for milling a hole in casing
05/18/1999US5905036 Characterization of organic contaminants and assessment of remediation performance in subsurface formations
05/12/1999EP0915331A2 Method for pyrolytic analysis of reservoir rock for predicting the oil-production characteristics
05/11/1999US5902939 Penetrometer sampler system for subsurface spectral analysis of contaminated media
05/11/1999US5901788 Well fluid sampling tool and well fluid sampling method
05/06/1999WO1999022114A1 Method and apparatus for shutting in a well while leaving drill stem in the borehole
05/05/1999CN1215789A Well system
05/04/1999US5900545 At depths in subterranean rock formations in the earth
05/04/1999US5900544 System and method for detecting upward growth of a hydraulic subterranean fracture in real time
04/1999
04/28/1999EP0911485A2 Formation evaluation testing apparatus and method
04/28/1999EP0911483A2 Well system including composite pipes and a downhole propulsion system
04/28/1999EP0910725A1 Wellbores utilizing fiber optic-based sensors and operating devices
04/27/1999US5896926 Packer type groundwater sampling system and water sampling method
04/21/1999EP0909877A1 Well tool for downhole formation testing
04/21/1999CN1214757A Method of assaying compressive strength of rock
04/21/1999CN1214756A Method and sytsem for monitoring characteristic of earth formation in well
04/21/1999CN1214754A Method of assaying downhole occurrences and conditions
04/15/1999WO1999000575A3 Drilling system with sensors for determining properties of drilling fluid downhole
04/14/1999EP0908600A2 Formation testing apparatus
04/14/1999CA2250317A1 Early evaluation system with drilling capability
04/13/1999US5894080 Use of a sampling apparatus for calibrating electronic mass/flow fraction meters in a pipeline
04/07/1999EP0906491A1 Method and apparatus for testing, completing and/or maintaining wellbores using a sensor device
04/06/1999US5891829 Process for the downhole upgrading of extra heavy crude oil
04/06/1999US5890542 Apparatus for early evaluation formation testing
04/01/1999WO1998057143A3 Soil testing assemblies
03/1999
03/30/1999US5889587 Mobile inductively coupled plasma system
03/30/1999US5889217 Process and apparatus for obtaining samples of liquid and gas from soil
03/30/1999US5887668 Wellbore milling-- drilling
03/30/1999US5887657 Pressure test method for permanent downhole wells and apparatus therefore
03/30/1999US5887655 Wellbore milling and drilling
03/30/1999US5887652 Method and apparatus for bottom-hole testing in open-hole wells
03/24/1999EP0903464A2 Well fluid sampling apparatus
03/23/1999US5884714 Method and apparatus for fluid and soil sampling
03/23/1999CA2247791A1 Non-flashing downhole fluid sampler and method
03/16/1999US5881811 Modeling of interactions between wells based on produced watercut
03/09/1999US5878813 Apparatus and method for capturing and retrieving liquid sample using a weighed sampling device
03/03/1999CN1209500A Method and apparatus for measuring well characteristics and stratum properties
03/03/1999CN1209499A Array-electrode-series imaging well-logging method
03/02/1999US5875840 Multiple test cased hole formation tester with in-line perforation, sampling and hole resealing means
02/1999
02/24/1999CN1208809A Formation data sensing with deployed remote sensors during well drilling
02/18/1999WO1999007975A1 Method and apparatus for drilling and completing wells
02/18/1999CA2268256A1 Method and apparatus for drilling and completing wells
02/17/1999EP0897049A2 Method and apparatus for determining formation pressure
02/16/1999US5871053 Method for improving oil recovery from a formation using hydrocarbon analysis of the fluid produced therefrom
02/10/1999EP0896126A2 Method and apparatus for testing a well
02/09/1999US5869755 Using a shear modulus to determine spherical porosity in carbonate rock formations without the need to know the pore fluid composition
02/09/1999US5868201 Computer controlled downhole tools for production well control
02/04/1999WO1998050680A3 Monitoring of downhole parameters and tools utilizing fiber optics
02/04/1999CA2244532A1 Method and apparatus f0r bottom-hole testing in open-hole wells
02/03/1999EP0895097A2 A method and apparatus for measuring well characteristics and formation properties
02/03/1999CN1206778A Method and apparatus for locating indexing systems in cased well and conducting multilateral branch operations
02/02/1999US5866814 Pyrolytic oil-productivity index method for characterizing reservoir rock
01/1999
01/27/1999CN2305486Y Wellhead sampler
01/26/1999US5864057 Method and apparatus for conducting well production tests
01/21/1999WO1999002819A1 Computer controlled injection wells
01/13/1999EP0890014A1 Method and system for monitoring a characteristic of an earth formation in a well
01/12/1999US5859430 From a formation traversed by a borehole
01/12/1999US5859367 Method for determining sedimentary rock pore pressure caused by effective stress unloading
01/07/1999WO1999000575A2 Drilling system with sensors for determining properties of drilling fluid downhole
01/07/1999EP0889198A2 Method of measuring in situ strength characteristics of downhole formations
12/1998
12/30/1998WO1998059146A1 Earth formation surveying device