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Instructions:
1 If you have not previously used the MS Excel "Solver" add-in module
on your computer, activate it as follows:
A Select "Tools", "Add-Ins…"
B Scroll Down and click the check box for "Solver".
C Exit from the MS Excel program.
D Start MS Excel.
2 Enter the miscellaneous input data in cells B2:B8.
3 Enter the step-down test rate and pressure data. For surface
pressure data, also enter the pipe friction data.
4 To solve for the effective number of perforations, click the button
labelled "Find Number of Perforations".
5 To find the power law coefficient that best models the combined near-
wellbore and perforation friction, click the button labelled "Find Power
Law Coefficient."
Assumptions:
1 DPtotal = DPpipe + DPperf + DPtortuosity
2 DPperf = r ( Q / (0.5 C N D2) )2
3 DPtortuosity µ Q0.5
4 DPnear wellbore = DPtortuosity + DPperf

Methodology:
1 Calculate DPperf using the equation above.
2 Calculate DPtortuosity by subtraction.
3
Vary the number of perforations until DPtortuosity is proportional to the
square root of the rate. The best fit criterion used is to maximize the
correlation coefficient for the DPNear Wellbore and Q^0.5 data.
4 Find the best fit for the DPnear wellbore friction curve by varying the total
friction power law coefficient until the correlation coefficient between
the actual near wellbore friction and calculated near wellbore friction
is maximized.
Step Down Test Analysis
Job Description SN-A8, Middle Zone Step Down Test Analysis SN-A8, Middle Zone
Total Holes Shot 72.0
Effective Holes 12.5
Hole ID, in 0.420
Discharge Coefficient 0.65
Slurry Specific Gravity 1.02
ISIP, psi 8,905
Total Friction Coefficient, F, such
that
DPNear Wellbore (Model) = K * Q F 1.40
Mulitplier, K, such that
DPNear Wellbore (Model) = K * Q F 22.22
Model: DP = 22.22 * Q ^ 1.40
Correlation Coefficient for Q0.5 vs.
DPTortuosity 0.999289

Correlation Coefficient for DPNear

Wellbore
vs. DPNear Wellbore (Model) 0.998936

Near
Wellbore
DP Near Friction
DP Near DP DP Wellbore 'Slope',
Rate Pressure DP Pipe DP Total Wellbore Perforations Tortuosity (Model) Q^0.5 (dP/dQ^F)
26.3 11,029 - 2,124 2,124 689 1,435 2,135 5.13 19.47
23.7 10,776 - 1,871 1,871 559 1,312 1,846 4.87 19.56
20.3 10,460 - 1,555 1,555 410 1,145 1,487 4.51 24.86
16.3 10,021 - 1,116 1,116 265 851 1,095 4.04 22.81
12.0 9,630 - 725 725 143 582 714 3.46 28.74
8.0 9,231 326 326 64 262 405 2.83 17.88
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 Step Down Test Analysis SN-A8, Middle Zone

2,500

DP Perforations
DP Tortuosity
2,000 DP Near Wellbore (Model)
Pressure, psi

DP Pipe
DP Near Wellbore

1,500

1,000

500

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Rate, bpm