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1. IN A PROCESS FOR DETERMINING FLUID TRANSMISSIBILITY IN A POROUS SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR PENETRATED BY A PLURALITY OF WELLS, WHEREIN A FLUID PRESSURE TRANSIENT IS PROPAGATED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WELL PAIRS AND THE TIME REQUIRED FOR EACH TRANSIENT TO TRAVERSE THE RESERVIOR BETWEEN WELLS IS DETERMINED, THE IMPROVED METHOD OF COMPLETING A SURVEY OF THE RESERVOIR WHICH COMPRISES MEASURING THE TIME REQUIRED FOR EACH TRANSIENT TO TRAVERSE THE RESERVOIR IN THREE NONCOLLINEAR DIRECTIONS FROM A PULSED WELL AND RECORDING THREE SEPARATE PRESSURE TRANSIENTS FROM THREE NONCOLLINEAR DIRECTIONS AT A RESPONDING WELL TO PERMIT THE DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE AND ORIENTATION OF RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITIES.
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1. IN A PROCESS FOR DETERMINING FLUID TRANSMISSIBILITY IN A POROUS SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR PENETRATED BY A PLURALITY OF WELLS, WHEREIN A FLUID PRESSURE TRANSIENT IS PROPAGATED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WELL PAIRS AND THE TIME REQUIRED FOR EACH TRANSIENT TO TRAVERSE THE RESERVIOR BETWEEN WELLS IS DETERMINED, THE IMPROVED METHOD OF COMPLETING A SURVEY OF THE RESERVOIR WHICH COMPRISES MEASURING THE TIME REQUIRED FOR EACH TRANSIENT TO TRAVERSE THE RESERVOIR IN THREE NONCOLLINEAR DIRECTIONS FROM A PULSED WELL AND RECORDING THREE SEPARATE PRESSURE TRANSIENTS FROM THREE NONCOLLINEAR DIRECTIONS AT A RESPONDING WELL TO PERMIT THE DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE AND ORIENTATION OF RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITIES.
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