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DOMINIQUE BOURDET
Consultant, Paris, France
2002
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CONTENTS
PREFACE v
1.1 Introduction 1
1.1.1 Description of awell test 1
1.1.2 Methodology 4
1.2 Typical flow regimes 6
1.2.1 Types of flow behavior 6
1.2.2 Wellbore storage 7
1.2.3 Radial flow regime, skin (homogeneous behavior) 9
1.2.4 Fractured well (infinite conductivity fracture): linear flow regime 13
1.2.5 Fractured well (finite conductivity fracture): bi-linear flow regime 15
1.2.6 Well in partial penetration: spherical flow regime 16
1.2.7 Limited reservoir (one sealing fault) 17
1.2.8 Closed reservoir: pseudo steady state regime 20
1.2.9 Constant pressure boundary: steady state regime 22
1.3 Well and reservoir characterization 22
1.3.1 Well responses 22
NOMENCLATURE 396
REFERENCES 401