WELL TESTING
1. Adjusted flow time – The approximated flow time
2. Afterflow – The flow associated
3. Anisotropic formation – A formation with directionally dependent
4. Average reservoir pressure – The pressure that would be obtained if all fluid motion
5. Back flow – Fluid flow in the borehole from one zone
6. Bilinear flow – A flow regime resulting from combined simultaneous linear flow
7. Bottomhole shut-in – A well shut in slightly above the producing formation
8. Boundary conditions – The flux (flow rate) or pressure states
9. Bounded reservoir – Reservoirs with sealed
10. Bubble point – The pressure and temperature conditions
11. Buildup test – The measurement and analysis of (usually) bottomhole pressure data acquired
after a producing well is shut in
12. Closed chamber testing – A type of DST conducted with the drillstring in the hole and the
surface valved closed
13. Closed In well – A well with a valve closed
14. Commercial rate – A rate or production volume, sufficient
15. Commingled completion – A wellbore completed in two or more reservoir zones
16. Compressibility – The relative change in fluid volume
17. Condenstate – Liquid phase occurring in gas condensate reservoirs
18. Constant rate – A flow rate that does not change
19. Continuity equation – Material balance expressed in a DE
20. Correcting pressure to a datum – A procedure for correcting pressure
21. Cushion – A fluid column
22. Darcy units – Units of atm, cm3/s, cp and D
23. Datum level – The depth to which pressures are corrected
24. Depletion – The drop in reservoir pressure
25. Dew point – The pressure at which the first condensate
26. Diffusion equation – A fundamental DE
27. Directional permeability – Permeability that varies
28. Drainage area – The reservoir area or volume drained
29. Drainage volume – The portion of the volume of a reservoir drained
30. Drawdown test – The measurement and analysis of pressure data taken after a well is put on
production, either initially or following an extended shut-in period
31. DST – Well tests conducted with the drillstring still in the hole
32. DST pressure chart – The characteristic plot of pressure versus time obtained from the
mechanical recording pressure of pressure gauges in a DST tool
33. Dual permeability reservoir – A dual-porosity reservoir
34. Dual porosity reservoir – A rock characterized by primary porosity
35. Early time transient data – The data observed before the start
36. Effective wellbore radius – The value of the wellbore radius
37. Equation of state – An equation that specifies fluid density
38. Fall off test – The measurement and analysis of pressure data taken after an injection well is
shut in
39. Final flow period – The final flow sequence
40. Final flow rate – The production rate just prior to shut-in a buildup test
41. Final flowing pressure – The pressure determined at the formation face just prior “”””””
42. Final shut-in period – The final buildup sequence
43. Finite conductivity fracture – A planar crack penetrated by a well or propagated from a well by
hydraulic fracturing with nonzero pressure drop
44. Finite wellbore solution – The solution to the diffusion equation
45. Flow after flow tests – Gas well tests, often required by law
46. Flow efficiency – The value that results when the actual productivity index
47. Flow regime – The predominant flow geometry
48. Flow unit – A rock volume with identifiable fluid flow
49. Flowing pressure – The pressure determined at the formation face during the flowing periods
50. Flowing well – A well in which the formation pressure is sufficient
51. Fracture conductivity – Product of fracture permeability*fracture width
52. Fracture gradient – The factor used to determine formation fracture pressure
53. Fracture half-length – Radial distance from the wellbore
54. Fractured well analysis – Analysis of a well that passes through a natural fracture
55. Fracturing pressure – Pressure above which injection of fluids
56. Free gas – Gas that exists in the reservoir in the gaseous phase
57. Gas condensate – HC liquid dissolved
58. Gas deviation factor – The factor z, defined by the real gas EOS
59. Gas FVF – Gas volume at reservoir conditions
60. Gas gravity – HC gas density expressed as the ratio of MWgas to MWair
61. Gas solubility factor – The volume of a gas liberated
62. Gas well – A producing well with natural gas
63. Gas well deliverability – The calculated or measured rate of a gas well
64. GOR – The ratio of produced gas to produced oil
65. Hammer union – A connection common in the oil industry
66. Heterogenous formation – Formation with rock properties changing
67. Homogenous formation – Formation with rock properties that do not change
68. Horner slope – The slope of the chosen straight-line section of a horner plot
69. Humping – The abnormal behavior in a buildup curve
70. Ideal gas – A gas defined by the fundamental EOS
71. Image well – A virtual well
72. Impermeable barrier – A single, impenetrable barrier
73. IARF – Flow into the wellbore during a well test
74. Infinite acting reservoir – A reservoir with no apparent
75. Infinite conductivity fracture – A planar crack penetrated by a well or propagated from a well
by hydraulic fracturing with zero pressure drop
76. Initial flow period – A short flow period
77. Initial reservoir pressure – The reservoir pressure measured in a discovery well
78. Initial shut-in period – The comparatively short shut-in period
79. Injection well testing – The testing of wells in which fluid is being injected
80. Interference testing – The pressure variation with time recorded
81. Isochronal test – A multirate test designed as a series of
82. Isotropic formation – A type of formation whose rock properties are the same
83. Isotropic permeability – Permeability that is the same
84. Late time transient data – The portion of the pressure transient occurring after radial flow
85. Layer – A slab of reservoir rock
86. Layered reservoir testing – An advanced testing
87. Limited entry – A completion with only a portion
88. Linear flow – A flow regime characterized by parallel flow
89. Line source solution – The solution to DE
90. Liquid level – The depth at which the first liquid is found in a well
91. Material balance – An expression for conservation of mass
92. Middle time transient data – A common term for IARF regime
93. Mobility – The ration of effective permeability to phase viscosity
94. Multiphase flow – The simultaneous flow of more than one
95. Multiple rate tests- Tests conducted at a series
96. Non-darcy flow – Fluid flow that deviates from darcy’s law
97. Nonideal gas – A gas described by an EOS
98. Oil FVF – Oil and dissolved gas volume
99. Oil well – A producing well with oil
100. Open flow potential – The theoretical flow capacity
101. Partial completion – Completion of or flow from less than the entire
102. Partial penetration – An incompletely drilled portion
103. Permeability thickness (kh) – The product of formation permeability (k) and (h)
104. Phase redistribution – A pressure phenomenon
105. Porous medium – A rock or soil with interconnected pores
106. Pressure – The force distributed over a surface
107. Pressure buildup – A rise in well pressure
108. Pressure depletion – A drop in average reservoir pressure
109. Pressure falloff – The pressure decline
110. Pressure gauge – A device used to measure pressure
111. Pressure squared plot – A plot of p2
112. Pressure transient analysis – The analysis of pressure changes over time
113. Pressure transient well tests – Well tests in which the pressure is recorded
114. Pressure-drawdown analysis – The analysis of pressure-transient behavior
115. Prorated well – A well in which the maximum production rate
116. Pseudopressure plot – A plot of real gas pseudopressure
117. Pseudosteady state – Behavior observed when a well reaches stabilized production
118. Pumping well – A well produced by use of some kind of downhole pump
119. Pumping well tests – Testing that is accomplished
120. Rate dependent skin effect – Skin effect with a magnitude
121. Reservoir heterogeneities – The variations in rock properties in a reservoir
122. Skin factor – A numerical value used to analytically model the difference from the
pressure drop
123. Spherical flow – A flow regime that occurs when the predominant flow
124. Stabilization – A state that a producing well reaches
125. Stabilized gas well – A gas well producing at a constant rate
126. Static pressure – The pressure measured in a well after the well has been closed
127. Steady state behavior – Simultaneously constant pressure and flow rate
128. Subsurface pressure – Any pressure measured in a well below the surface
129. Swivel flange – A flange consisting of two parts
130. Three phase flow – The simultaneous flow of oil, free gas and water
131. Transient drainage radius – The calculated maximum radius
132. Transient pressure – The change in pressure with time
133. Two phase flow – The simultaneous flow of both oil and free gas
134. Type curve analysis – A method of quantifying
135. Type curves – Families of paired pressure change
136. Unitized production – Pooled production
137. Units conversion factor – A constant provided
138. Variable rate – A condition that results when the flow rate varies
139. Water FVF – Water and dissolved gas volume
140. Water influx – The replacement of produced fluids
141. Well cleanup – The period when drilling debris
142. Well interference – The change in pressure at one well
143. Well potential – The flow rate at which a well is theoretically
144. Wellbore damage – Any restriction to flow
145. Wellbore fill up – Following a surface shut-in
146. Wellbore storage effects – Distortions
147. Wirelines formation test – Test taken
148. Wireline formation tester – A tool run on an electric logging cable