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What is well test

 Well testing can be performed at various stages of

drilling, completion and production simply identify the
Produced fluid and their respective volume ratios ,
measure reservoir pressure, characterize the well
damage or Stimulated well) well testing will also
provide information about the state of the
particular well used to collect data. The overall
objective is identifying the reservoir's capacity to
produce hydrocarbons.
 Well testing is simply measurement under controlled
condition of all factors relating to the production
Purpose of well testing

 Reservoir pressure: how much potential energy is there

 Reservoir limits: how much fluid is there
 Near wellbore condition: damaged or stimulated
 kh product (reservoir conductivity): governs how fast fluid can
flow to the well.

 Investigates a much larger volume of the reservoir than

cores or logs
 Provide estimate of permeability
 Provides estimates of near-wellbore condition
• fluid (oil and water), and gas recovery from formation

• Skin
Types of well test

Draw down test

Build up test

Injection test
Fall of test
Interference test
Pulse test
DST
RFT Repeat formation test
Draw down test

 Procedure: A well that is static, stable, and shut in is

opened to flow. Flow rate is measured at surface, while
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 The pressure versus time data is analyzed together with
other reservoir and well parameters to interpret the
test.
 The measurement and analysis of pressure data taken after a well is put
on production. Drawdown data are usually noisy, meaning that the pressure moves
up and down as fluid flows past the gauges and minute variations in flow rate take
place.

 Information obtained: k, s, reservoir limit (drainage area)

 Advantage: No revenue loss

 Interpretation
 Semilog plot of pwf versus t: k, s
2. Buildup Test

Procedure: A well which is already flowing (ideally at a

constant rate) is shut in, and downhole pressure is
measured. The pressure versus time data is analyzed
together with other reservoir and welltparameters to
interpret the test.
 Information obtained: same as PDD
 Difficulties
 Difficult to obtain constant rate prior to shut in
 revenue loss due to shut in
 Interpretation
 Semilog plot of pwfsversus Horner time ratio (tp+Δt/ Δt
) : k, s
Injection Test

 Procedure: Fluid injected into reservoir at a constant

rate while pressure is recorded
 The pressure versus time data is analyzed together with
other reservoir and well parameters to interpret the
test. Conceptually identical with PDD test. Estimate k,
s, reservoir limit (drainage area),
 žDifficulties
 ’True reservoir response’ may be distorted by near
wellbore effects such as wellbore storage, skin,
fractures etc, and by boudary effects
Falloff Test

 falloff test – Shut in an injection well and

measure the pressure response
 Information obtained: Conceptually identical with PBU
test. Estimate k, s, reservoir limit (drainage area)
 Interference test – Produce one well
at constant rate and measure the pressure response at
one or more offset
 Two wells or more wells are pressure communication when communication exit
determine provide estimate of permeability
Pulse test

 Coded signal is sent from active to observation well.

Signal is generated by alternating flow and shut-in
periods
 Advantage: Useful to estimate reservoir properties over
a greater length scale Interpretation: Special graphs

DST

 A drill stem test (DST) is a procedure for isolating

and testing the pressure, permeability and productive
capacity of a geological formation during the drilling of
a well.
 Repeat formation tester (RFT) A method of recovering
fluid pressures with a wireline.