drill-stem test

petroleum drilling

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use in oil drilling

  • semisubmersible oil production platform
    In petroleum production: Formation evaluation

    …was historically employed was the drill stem test, in which a testing tool was attached to the bottom of the drill pipe and was lowered to a point opposite the formation to be tested. The tool was equipped with expandable seals for isolating the formation from the rest of the…

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