WELL TEST INTERPRETATION MODELS

WELLBORE RESERVOIR BOUNDARY

MODELS MODELS MODELS

• Wellbore storage • Double porosity, • Sealing fault

and Skin restricted interporosity • Channel
• Infinite conductivity flow • Channel closed at one
fracture • Double porosity, end
• Finite conductivity unrestricted • Intersecting faults
fracture interporosity flow
• Closed system
• Partial penetration • Radial composite
centered
• Horizontal well • Linear composite
• Closed channel
• Double permeability,
• Closed with
same skin S1=S2 intersecting faults
• Double permeability,
• Constant pressure
partial penetration S1=∞ boundaries

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 Wellbore storage and Skin
1. Wellbore storage, C
2. Radial, kh and S

1
∆p' & ∆p

C S

kh

∆t

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 Infinite conductivity fracture
1. Linear, xf
2. Radial, kh and ST
∆p' & ∆p

1/2 kh, S

xf

∆t

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 Finite conductivity fracture
1. Bi-linear, kf wf
2. Linear, xf
3. Radial, kh and ST

xf
kh, ST
∆p' & ∆p

kfwf 1/2

1/4

∆t
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 Partial penetration
1. Radial, hw and Sw
2. Spherical (mobility ↑), kV
3. Radial, kh and ST
∆p' & ∆p

-1/2

kV
hw, Sw kh, ST

∆t

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 Horizontal well
1. Radial vertical, kV and Sw
2. Linear (mobility ↓), L
3. Radial, kh and ST
∆p' & ∆p

1/2
kh, ST
L
kV, Sw

∆t

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 Double porosity, restricted
interporosity flow
1. Radial fissures, kh
2. Transition (storativity ↑), ω and λ
3. Radial fissures + matrix, kh and S
∆p' & ∆p

ω kh, S

∆t
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 Double porosity, unrestricted
interporosity flow
1. Transition, λ
2. Radial fissures + matrix, kh and S
∆p' & ∆p

kh, S

∆t

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 Radial composite
1. Radial inner, k1h and Sw
2. Transition (mobility ↑ or ↓), r
3. Radial outer, k2h and ST
∆p' & ∆p

k2h, ST
k1h, Sw
r

∆t

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 Linear composite
1. Radial inner, k1h and Sw
2. Transition (mobility ↑or ↓), L
3. Radial total, (k1h+k2h)/2 and ST
∆p' & ∆p

(k1+k2)h/2,
ST

k1h, Sw L

∆t

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 Double permeability, same
skin S1=S2
1. No crossflow
2. Transition (storativity ↑), ω,
κ, λ (kV)
3. Radial, kh1+kh2 and ST
∆p' & ∆p

ω, κ kh, ST

∆t

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 Double permeability, partial
penetration S1= ∞
1. Radial, k2h2 and S2
2. Transition (mobility ↑), λ (kV)
3. Radial, kh1+kh2 and ST
∆p' & ∆p

k2h2, Sw

kh, ST
λ

∆t

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 Sealing fault
1. Radial, kh and S
2. Transition (mobility ↓), L
3. Hemi-radial
∆p' & ∆p

kh, S
L

∆t

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 Channel
1. Radial, kh and S
2. (Hemi-radial, L1)
3. Linear, L1+L2
∆p' & ∆p

1/2
L1
L1+L2

kh, S

∆t

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 Channel closed at one end
1. Radial, kh and S
2. Linear, L1+L2
3. Transition (mobility ↓), L3
4. Hemi-linear

1/2
∆p' & ∆p

1/2
L3
kh, S L1+L2

∆t

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 Intersecting faults
1. Radial, kh and S
2. (Hemi-radial, L1)
3. Linear, L1+L2
4. Fraction of radial, θ

θ
∆p' & ∆p

L1
1/2
L1+L2
kh, S

∆t

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 Closed system centered
1. Radial, kh and S
2. Pseudo steady state, A (or
Average pressure p , and A)
∆p' & ∆p

-
P
1
A
kh, S

∆t
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 Closed channel
1. Radial, kh and S
2. Linear, L1+L2
3. Pseudo steady state, A (or
Average pressure p , and A)

1
∆p' & ∆p

-
1/2 A P
L1+L2

kh, S

∆t
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 Closed with intersecting faults
1. Radial, kh and S
2. Linear, L1+L2
3. Fraction of radial, θ
4. Pseudo steady state, A (or Average pressure p , and A)

-
∆p' & ∆p

P
θ A
1/2

kh, S L1+L2

∆t
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 Constant pressure
boundaries
1. Radial, kh and S
2. Transition (mobility ↑), L

L
∆p' & ∆p

kh, S
-1

∆t

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