US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 7 for "Formation testing while drilling: robust and accurate pore pressure measurement" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,364, issued on July 7, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Formation testing while drilling: robust and accurate pore pressure measurement" was invented by Mehdi Ali Pour Kallehbasti (Houston), Vishnu Sinanan (Houston) and Clarence Roopnarine (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herein are described methods and systems for characterizing noise and noise level in pressure measurements in a downhole pressure testing operation in formation testing while drilling. The pressure measurements are acquired using a formation testing tool disposed on a drill string. The methods include drilling a borehole, extending ...