WellTestInterpretation

SKM4323

CONVENTIONAL
INTERPRETATIONMETHODS
Azmi Mohd Arshad
DepartmentofPetroleumEngineering

WEEK03

DrawdownTest
Theequationthatdescribespressurevariations
versustimeanddistancefromthewellafter
openingthewellataconstantflowrate,q,isgiven
by:
qB r 2

Ei
p i p (r, t) =
4 kh 4Kt
with

k
K=
c t

(4.1)

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Whenthepressureismeasuredinthewellwherethe
flowratedisturbanceislocated,r=rw.
2
2
r
/4Kt
<
10
Assoonas
,whichusuallyoccurs
w
beforethewellborestorageeffectisover,theEi
functioncanbereplacedbyitslogarithmic
approximation:

qB
p i p wf (t) =
4 kh

Kt

ln 2 + 0.81
rw

(4.2)

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Takingpressuredropsintheskinintoaccount,this
expressionbecomes:

qB
p i p wf (t) =
4 kh

Kt
ln 2 + 0.81 + 2 S

rw

(4.3)

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Itcanalsobewritteninotherequivalentforms:
inpracticalUSunits:
162.6 qB
p i p wf (t) =
kh

k
log t + log
3.23 + 0.87 S
2
c t rw

(4.4)

inpracticalmetricunits:
21.5 qB
p i p wf (t) =
kh

k
log t + log
3.10 + 0.87 S
2
c t rw

(4.5)

asadimensionlessequation:
1
p D = (ln t D + 0.81 + 2 S)
2

(4.6)

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Interpretation
Equation(4.2)to(4.6)showthatbottomholepressure
varieslogarithmicallyversustime.
Ifthepressuremeasuredatthebottomoftheholeis
plottedonagraphversusthelogarithmoftime,astraight
linewithaslopeofmcanbeobservedoncethewellbore
storageeffecthasended:
162.6 qB
m=
kh

(in practical US units)

(4.4)

21.5 qB
m=
kh

(in practical metric units)

(4.8)

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Interpretation
Theslope,m,isusedtodeterminethereservoirskh:
kh =

2.303 qB
4 m

162.6 qB
kh =
m
kh =

21.5 qB
m

(in SI units)

(4.9)

(in practical US units)

(4.10)

(in practical metric units)

(4.11)

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Interpretation
Theskin valueisusuallycomputedusingthepressure
measurementat1houronthesemilogstraightline;for
thispointlogt=0.
-in practical US units

p i p1h

k
log
+ 3.23
S =1.151
2
c t rw
m

(4.12)

-in practical metric units

p i p1h

k
S =1.151
log
+ 3.23
2
c t rw
m

(4.13)

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Interpretation
Caremustbetakentoreadthepressureat1hour
onthesemilogstraightlineandnotby
interpolatingamongthemeasurementpoints.
Afteronehourthedatamaystillbeaffectedby
thewellborestorageeffect.Inthiscase,theydo
notverifythesemilogstraightlineequation.

Example1
(Inclassworkshop)

References
1. Bourdarot,Gilles:WellTesting:Interpretation
Methods,ditions Technip,1998.
2. Internet.