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INTRODUCTION
Objectives of Well Testing

Well testing is the science of interpreting the reservoir's response

to a change in the production (or injection) conditions.

Why is it important to interpret this response?

What is the measured reservoir response?

Field:
(k, S, re, h, ɸ, Pr)

input output
Reservoir
(Change in Flowrate) (Pressure Response)

Compare
Model:

(k, S, re, h, ɸ, Pr)

input output
Mathematical
(Change in Flowrate) Model (Pressure Response)

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Objectives of Well Testing:

1. Reservoir Evaluation
2. Reservoir Management
3. Reservoir Description

1. Reservoir Evaluation:

a. Permeability
- Reservoir Conductivity or Flow Capacity ( )

- Transmissibility ( )

b. Reservoir Pressure: What does each of the following terms

represent?
- Initial Reservoir Pressure ( ):

- Average Reservoir Pressure ( ):

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c. Reservoir Boundaries
- Radius to Boundary ( ): Draw a figure to showcase this term.

How can the radius to boundary be used to calculate the

reservoir’s pore volume?

- Storativity ( )

- Closed or open boundaries: Draw two figures that explain

the closed and open boundaries of a reservoir.

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d. Effect of Skin

………………….. …………………..

How is the effect of skin measured?

2. Reservoir Management:

Provide two examples of the uses of reservoir management.

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3. Reservoir Description:

….………….. ……………… ………………

NOTE:
 Well testing provides a means of estimating only bulk
reservoir properties. Explain.

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Types of Well Tests I

Are well tests long?

During a typical well test, the flowrate is maintained constant and

the well flowing pressure is monitored with time.

Common Well Tests:

1. Drawdown Test (describe):

Pwf

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Why does Pwf decrease when the well is opened for production?

Conditions of the drawdown test:

1.

2.

Describe the pressure profile before production, during production

and after production stops for a long time.

radius

radius

radius

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Why is the Pr < Pi after production?

2. Build-up Test (describe):

Pws

Conditions:
1.

Why is the drawdown test usually favored over the build-up test?

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Types of Well Tests II

Other Well Tests:

1. Injection Test (describe):

Pwf

Why does Pwf increase during injection?

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2. Fall-off Test (describe):

Pws

3. Interference Test

What is the major difference between the interference test and the
other tests?

What are the uses of interference tests?

1.

2.

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The interference test requires one active well and one (or more)
observation well(s). Differentiate between these types of wells:

Active Well:

Observation Well:

How is the communication between wells explained by an

interference test?

How are properties between wells in different directions be found

through interference tests?

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4. Drill Stem Test (DST):

When is this test done?

What is the importance of the Drill Stem Test?

1.

2.

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