Patent ID: 8078412

Claim:
A method for evaluating leak tightness of at least one connector for control conduits usable with field completions, well drilling, or combinations thereof, comprising: a. using an administrative server comprising an administrative processor and administrative data storage to form a library of pressure and temperature information on connectors and equations, in an administrative dynamic information database, computer instructions for producing a report of recorded pressures and temperatures and corrected pressures and pressure decay rates, and computer instructions to transmit the report of recorded pressures and corrected pressures and computed pressure decay rates using at least one network; b. forming a library of pressure and temperature information on connectors and at least one equation in an administrative dynamic information database in an administrative data storage of an administrative server further comprising an administrative processor; c. using a data logger for testing a connector, wherein the data logger is in communication with the administrative server, wherein the data logger comprises a data logger housing for supporting a display, wherein the display is connected to a data logger processor with data logger data storage, at least one USB port, a power supply, and a parallel port; and wherein the data logger data storage stores at least one equation from the administrative server that produces a pressure decay rate for the connector at a defined pressure over time for a defined temperature, and wherein the data logger data storage further comprises computer instructions for: (i) instructing the data logger processor to record pressure readings from the connector; (ii) instructing the data logger processor to record temperature readings from the connector; (iii) instructing the data logger processor to generate a report of an uncorrected response using the recorded pressure readings and recorded temperatures readings; and (iv) instructing the data logger processor to generate a report of a corrected response using the recorded pressure and temperature readings and the equation; d. using a test pump in communication with the data logger to apply a pressure of at least 10,000 psi and flowing pressurized test fluid from a reservoir of test fluid to the connector; and, applying a test pressure to the connector exceeding a desired corrected response pressure with the test pump, isolating the test pump, recording pressure and temperature readings into the data logger data storage, presenting the pressure and temperature readings on the display of the data logger, processing the recorded pressure and temperature readings by the data logger processor using at least one equation and producing a corrected pressure, displaying the corrected pressure, and when the corrected pressure changes, initiating an alarm indicating a leak between the connector and the control conduit and completing the test within 5 minutes.