Deliverability Well Testing
Introduction and its types
Introduction
Well testing is the formation evaluation technique.
It is further divided into two types
1. Pressure transient testing
In this we record pressure versus time data
It has further many types i.e., drawdown test, build test etc.
Used to evaluate reservoir properties i.e., permeability,
porosity, skin etc.
2. Deliverability Testing
Deliverability Testing
Deliverability testing refers to the testing of a gas well to
measure its production capabilities under specific conditions
of reservoir and bottomhole flowing pressures(BHFP).
Deliverability testing is used to determine reservoir flow
characteristic.
AOFP (absolute open flow potential)
Reservoir IPR
Deliverability testing has further types
1. Flow after flow test
2. Isochronal Test
3. Modified Isochronal Test
1. Flow after Flow test
Flow after flow tests, sometimes called gas
backpressure or four-point tests.
It is conducted by producing the well at a series of
different stabilized flow rates and measuring the
stabilized BHFP at the sandface.
The requirement of this test is that the shut-in and
flowing periods be continued until stabilization.
Difficult to conduct in low-permeability reservoir.
2. Isochronal Tests
The isochronal test is a series of single point tests
developed to estimate stabilized deliverability
characteristics without actually flowing the well for the
time required to achieve stabilized conditions.
The isochronal test is conducted by alternately
producing and shutting the well.
Pressures are measured at several time increments
during each flow period.
The isochronal test is more practical for low-
permeability reservoir.
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A final stabilized flow point often is obtained at the
end of the test.
The isochronal test is based on the principle that the
radius of investigation established during each flow
period is not a function of the flow rate but depends
only on the length of time for which the well is flowed
The pressures measured at the same time periods
during each different rate correspond to the same
drainage radius.
3. Modified Isochronal Test
In isochronal test usually it is difficult to build up to
the average reservoir pressure before flowing for a
certain period of time.
Therefore, a modification of the isochronal test was
developed.
The objective of this test is to obtain same data as in
isochronal test without using the lengthy shut-in
periods.
In modified isochronal test the shut-in periods are of
equal duration and the flow periods are of equal
duration.
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The modified isochronal test is less accurate than the
isochronal test.
As the duration of the shut-in periods increases, the
accuracy of the modified isochronal test also increases.
A final stabilized flow point usually is obtained at the end
of the test but is not required to analyze the test data.
The analysis technique for the modified isochronal tests are
derived empirically.