Inventors:
Pramod K Singh - Tulsa OK
Ram G. Agarwal - Tulsa OK
Charles W. Miller - Levelland TX
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation - Chicago IL
International Classification:
E21B 4326, E21B 4706
Abstract:
Fluid is injected into a wellbore at a first rate which is low enough to maintain formation pressure beneath formation parting pressure. Thereafter, the rate of fluid injection is increased to a second rate which is high enough to exceed formation parting pressure. The time and pressure data obtained during the first and second periods are normalized, plots thereof are superposed and the formation parting pressure is determined by noting the point at which the plots deviate from one another.