Manual Log‐Log Analysis

Narrated by: RS Trijana Kartoatmodjo, PhD

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Instructional Objectives
• To be able to manually estimate 
permeability and skin factor from the 
log‐log diagnostic plot without using 
type curves

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 Estimating Permeability and Skin 
Factor from the Diagnostic Plot
1000

pr
Pressure change, psi

100

(tp’)r
10

1
0.01 0.1 1 10 tr 100 1000

Equivalent time, hrs

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 Estimating Permeability 
and Skin Factor
70.6qB
k
htp r

1   pr  kt r 
s   ln 
2 
2  tp r  1688c t rw  

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 Example

q = 50 STB/D pwf = 2095 psia

h = 15 ft  = 18.3%
B = 1.36 RB/STB ct = 17.9 x 106 psi1
 = 0.563 cp rw = 0.25 ft

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 Estimate (tp’)r, tr, and pr
1000

400
Pressure change, psi

100

14
10

1
0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000
20
Equivalent time, hrs

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 Estimate Permeability

70.6qB
k
htp r
 70.6 50 1.36 0.563  
  
 1514 
 12.9 md

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 Estimate Skin Factor

1   pr  kt r 
s   ln 
2 
2  tp r  1688c t rw  
1  400
 

 ln
12.9 20  

2  14  1688 0 . 183 0 . 563 17 . 9  10 6
0 . 25 2 
 
 7.23

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