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FORMATION EVALUATION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD

  • US 20110198078A1
  • Filed: 07/09/2009
  • Published: 08/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of subsurface formation evaluation, comprising:

  • sealing a portion of a wall of a wellbore penetrating the formation;

    forming a hole through the sealed portion of the wellbore wall;

    injecting an injection fluid into the formation through the hole; and

    determining a saturation of the injection fluid in the formation by measuring a property of the formation proximate the hole while maintaining the sealed portion of the wellbore wall.

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