Formation Evaluation - PTRL3023
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Petroleum Engineering
Course Outline: http://www.petrol.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite:PTRL3001
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Unit B - Well Testing: Theory of transient well testing. Principle of superposition. Drawdown and buildup tests. Actual and ideal buildup tests. Effects and duration of afterflow. Horner's approximation. Use of pseudo-pressure in gas well testing. Constant bottomhole pressure tests. Practical aspects of design and performance of field tests. Analysis of transient pressure data, effects of boundaries, reservoir heterogeneity, multiphase flow. Study of production, DST and formation interval tests. Pulse testing and multiwell tests. Computer assisted well test analysis techniques.