US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Oct. 21 for "Method and system for automated multi-zone downhole closed loop reservoir testing" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,887, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Method and system for automated multi-zone downhole closed loop reservoir testing" was invented by Elias Temer (Chatenay-Malabry, France) and Carlos Merino (Bagneux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well testing system and method is disclosed that reduces the surface equipment needed for well testing by providing a closed loop fluid flow path where the fluids produced during the well test are not brought to the surface for storage or flaring but instead are disposed in a downhole zone. The system and method are implemented using a simpl...