Course Overview
This course elaborates well test theory to design and interpret pressure transient tests. An integrated approach to well test interpretation is emphasized throughout the course. Participants will be able to apply the knowledge and skills they gain in this course to their job assignments upon course completion.
Class exercises involving hand calculations and simple spreadsheet applications will reinforce the concepts illustrated by both synthetic data sets and real field examples. The content is dedicated to Petroleum Engineering Students.
Course Content
3.1 Introduction to well test
3.2 Basic Concepts in Well Test
3.3 Solution of Basic Transient Flow Equation
3.4 Well Test Analysis Drawdown
3.5 Pressure Buildup Test
3.6 Well Test Analysis buildup
3.7 MBH Method
3.8 Naturally fractured reservoirs
3.9 Pressure Analysis in Pseudo-Steady State
3.10 Type Curve
Take Away
- Analyze drawdown and buildup tests in oil and gas wells
- Identify flow regimes using the log-log diagnostic plot
- Describe characteristic pressure behavior for common bounded reservoir geometries
- Identify well test data affected by various wellbore and near-wellbore phenomena
- Estimate average drainage area pressure
- Analyze well tests in hydraulically fractured wells, horizontal wells, and naturally fractured reservoirs
Course Features
- Lectures 6
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 2
- Assessments Yes