Chaudhri - Oil Well Testing Handbook
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Contents
Foreword ......................................................................... |
xiii |
Preface ............................................................................ |
xv |
Acknowledgements ......................................................... |
xvii |
1. Introduction ........................................................... |
1 |
1.1Role of Oil Well Tests and Information in
Petroleum Industry ................................................ |
1 |
1.2History of Oil Well Testing and Uses of Oil Well
Tests ...................................................................... |
1 |
1.3Oil Well Test Data Acquisition, Analysis, and
Management .......................................................... |
2 |
1.4Selecting Oil Wells for Optimum Stimulation
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Treatment .............................................................. |
2 |
1.5 |
Reservoir System Characterization Process ........ |
4 |
1.6 |
Scope and Objective ............................................. |
6 |
1.7 |
Organization .......................................................... |
8 |
1.8 |
Unit’s, Systems and Conversions ......................... |
11 |
References ......................................................................... |
12 |
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Additional Reading ............................................................. |
12 |
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2.Fundamentals of Reservoir Oil Flow Analysis .... 13
2.1 |
Introduction ............................................................ |
13 |
2.2 |
Basic Fluid Flow Equations in Oil Reservoir ......... |
13 |
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2.3 |
Numerical Models and Their Applications ............. |
26 |
2.4Unsteady-state Pressure Distribution Calculations
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in Directional Well .................................................. |
33 |
2.5 |
Summary ............................................................... |
41 |
References ......................................................................... |
42 |
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Additional Reading ............................................................. |
42 |
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3.Transient Well Testing Methods for Horizontal
Oil Wells ................................................................. |
44 |
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3.1 |
Introduction ............................................................ |
44 |
3.2 |
Flow Equations for Horizontal Oil Wells ................ |
44 |
3.3Horizontal Oil Well Performance during
Transient State ...................................................... |
84 |
3.4Transient Well Testing Techniques in Horizontal
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Oil Wells ................................................................. |
86 |
3.5 |
Flow Time Equations and Solutions ...................... |
88 |
3.6Pressure Response Equations and Methods of
Analysis .................................................................. |
95 |
3.7Horizontal Well Response and Normalized
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Pressure Derivative ............................................... |
103 |
3.8 |
Effects of Wellbore Storage ................................... |
104 |
3.9 |
Summary ............................................................... |
104 |
References ......................................................................... |
105 |
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Additional Reading ............................................................. |
106 |
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4.Pressure Drawdown Testing Techniques for
Oil Wells ................................................................. |
107 |
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4.1 |
Introduction ............................................................ |
107 |
4.2Pressure-time History for Constant-rate
Drawdown Test ...................................................... |
108 |
4.3Transient Analysis – Infinite-acting Reservoirs ..... 108
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