Preface |
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Introduction |
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Nomenclature |
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1 Formation and Well Testing Hardware and Test Types |
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1.1.1 Well testing hardware |
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1.1.2 Formation testing hardware |
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11 | (5) |
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1.1.3 Pressure gauges and their metrology |
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16 | (7) |
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1.2 Pressure Transient Test Types |
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23 | (4) |
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25 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Pressure buildup tests |
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26 | (1) |
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2 Mathematical Preliminaries and Flow Regimes |
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27 | (24) |
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27 | (4) |
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2.2 Point-Source Solutions |
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31 | (4) |
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2.2.1 Spherical flow regime for drawdown tests |
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32 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Spherical flow regime for buildup tests |
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34 | (1) |
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2.3 Line-Source Solutions |
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35 | (6) |
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2.3.1 Radial flow regime for drawdown tests |
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37 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Radial flow regime for buildup tests |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (4) |
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2.6 Flow Regime Identification |
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46 | (5) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (5) |
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58 | (1) |
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3.4 Duhamel's (Superposition) Theorem and Pressure-Rate Convolution |
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59 | (7) |
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3.5 Wellbore Pressure for Certain Variable Sandface Flow-Rate Schedules |
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66 | (4) |
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3.5.1 Polynomial rate functions |
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67 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Exponential flow rate |
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68 | (2) |
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3.6 Logarithmic Convolution (Superposition or Multirate) Analysis |
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70 | (6) |
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3.7 Rate-Pressure Convolution |
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76 | (1) |
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3.8 Pressure-Pressure Convolution |
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3.8.1 Pressure-pressure convolution for multiwell pressure transient testing |
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78 | (7) |
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3.8.2 Pressure-pressure convolution for two-well interference test |
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85 | (10) |
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3.8.3 Pressure-pressure convolution for wireline formation testers |
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95 | (20) |
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115 | (4) |
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4.2 Analytical Deconvolutions |
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119 | (2) |
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4.3 Discrete Numerical Deconvolution without Measurement Noise |
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121 | (3) |
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4.4 Deconvolution with Constraints |
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124 | (2) |
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4.5 Nonlinear Least-Squares Pressure-Rate Deconvolution |
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126 | (15) |
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4.6 Practicalities of Deconvolution |
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141 | (21) |
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141 | (7) |
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4.6.2 Flow-rate estimation from deconvolution |
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148 | (2) |
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4.6.3 Deconvolution parameters selection |
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150 | (12) |
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4.7 Pressure-Rate Deconvolution Examples |
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162 | (14) |
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4.7.1 Simulated well test example |
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162 | (3) |
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4.7.2 Horizontal field test example |
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165 | (5) |
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4.7.3 Interval pressure transient test (IPTT) field example |
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170 | (6) |
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4.8 Pressure-Pressure (p-p) Deconvolution |
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176 | (3) |
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4.9 Pressure-Pressure Deconvolution Examples |
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179 | (18) |
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4.9.1 Simulated slanted well IPTT example |
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179 | (10) |
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4.9.2 Vertical well IPTT field Example 1 |
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189 | (3) |
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4.9.3 Vertical well IPTT field Example 2 |
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192 | (5) |
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5 Nonlinear Parameter Estimation |
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197 | (106) |
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198 | (1) |
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5.2 Parameter Estimation Problem for Pressure-Transient Test Interpretation |
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199 | (4) |
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5.3 Parameter Estimation Methods |
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203 | (2) |
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5.4 Likelihood Function and Maximum Likelihood Estimate |
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205 | (8) |
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5.4.1 Single-parameter linear model |
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206 | (4) |
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5.4.2 Single-parameter nonlinear model |
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210 | (3) |
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5.5 Extension of Likelihood Function to Multiple Sets of Observed Data |
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213 | (1) |
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5.6 Least-Squares Estimation Methods |
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214 | (4) |
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5.7 Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Unknown Diagonal Covariance |
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218 | (10) |
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5.7.1 Single-parameter linear model case |
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221 | (3) |
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5.7.2 An example application |
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224 | (4) |
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5.8 Use of Prior Information in ML Estimation: Bayesian Framework |
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228 | (11) |
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5.8.1 Single-parameter linear model case |
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235 | (2) |
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5.8.2 An example application |
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237 | (2) |
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5.9 Simultaneous vs. Sequential History Matching of Observed Data Sets |
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239 | (5) |
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5.10 Summary on MLE and LSE Methods |
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244 | (2) |
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5.11 Minimization of MLE and LSE Objective Functions |
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246 | (5) |
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5.12 Constraining Unknown Parameters in Minimization |
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251 | (1) |
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5.13 Computation of Sensitivity Coefficients |
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252 | (1) |
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5.14 Statistical Inference |
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253 | (4) |
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257 | (4) |
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261 | (8) |
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269 | (7) |
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276 | (5) |
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281 | (6) |
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287 | (16) |
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6 Pressure Transient Test Design and Interpretation |
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303 | (58) |
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303 | (2) |
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6.2 Pressure Transient Test Design and Intrpretation Workflow |
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305 | (12) |
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6.2.1 Development of the geological and reservoir model |
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309 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Testing hardware and gauge selection |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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6.2.4 Operation of test and data acquisition |
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311 | (1) |
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6.2.5 Real-time interpretation |
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312 | (3) |
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6.2.6 Final interpretation and validation |
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315 | (2) |
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6.3 Multiwell Interference Test Example |
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317 | (20) |
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6.4 Horizontal Well Test Interpretation of a Field Example |
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337 | (24) |
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6.4.1 First buildup test (BU1) interpretation |
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340 | (5) |
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6.4.2 Second buildup test (BU2) interpretation |
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345 | (12) |
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6.4.3 Interpretation summary of two buildup tests from well X-184 |
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357 | (4) |
References |
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Subject Index |
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