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Drawdown Test

Shaibu Mohammed Mobile: + 233 (0) 551 849 787

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Well Test Analysis

WELL TEST METHODS


University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani
Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Shaibu Mohammed Antwi Ken Oteng


Lecturer Teaching Assistant
Mobile: + 233 (0) 551 849 787 Mobile: +233 (0) 557 809 116

June, 2022
2 Well test methods
Drawdown test
Buildup test
Drill stem test
Interference test
Pulse test
Drawdown test
b
3 a

 A pressure drawdown test is simply a


series of bottom-hole pressure
measurements made during a period
of flow at constant production rate

 Usually the well is closed prior to the


flow test for a period of time sufficient
Fig. 1: Pressure and rate profile of a
to allow the pressure to stabilize drawdown test. a: Actual test. b: Ideal test

throughout the formation, i.e., to Flowing time, Pressure Table 1:


t (hrs) (psi) Drawdown
reach static pressure. 0.75 4300 data
1.85 3500
 Then, bottom-hole pressure is taken as 3.75 2700

a function of time . .
. .
. .
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 Drawdown data are usually noisy

 Meaning that the pressure moves up


and down as fluid flows past the
gauges and minute variations in flow
rate take place.

 This is especially true for new wells, in


which well cleanup commonly occurs
for days after production has begun

 Such data are difficult to interpret,


and the noise often obscures regions
of interest to the analyst.
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 Early time region (ETR) depicts
wellbore storage and skin
phenomenon

 Middle time region (MTR) depicts


fluid flow through the formation
Fig. 2: Typical (constant-rate)
 Thus, MTR allows us to estimate drawn graph
formation permeability and sin factor Governing equation for a
(constant-rate) drawdown test
 The governing equation (Eq. D1) is during IARF:
applicable to MTR

 Late time region (LTR) depicts the ……… Eq. D1

influence of reservoir boundary


6 Drawdown test
Drawdown test is used to estimate: Applications:

 Reservoir permeability  New wells

 skin factor  Wells that have been shut in for long to

 Drainage area allow the pressure to stabilize

 Shape factor  Wells in which loss of revenue due to

shut-in are prohibitive


 Faults
 Exploratory well to determine a well
 Reservoir volume
drainage volume
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Advantages Disadvantages
 Cash flow is not interrupted  Wellbore rate is difficult to
stabilize
 Changing the choke
 Reservoir boundaries are
periodically to maintain a
easier to determine, relative
constant rate will cause more
to build-up test.
problems: damage to the
well; produce sand
 In order to produce at a
constant rate, the rate should
be allowed to fluctuate. This is
time-consuming.
8 TAKE-HOME

 Classical drawdown test is based on constant-rate


pressure solutions
 Establishing a constant-rate is difficult, though possible
 It allows estimation of reservoir parameters without
production loss
 Suitable for new and exploratory wells, and wells that
have been shut in for a long period

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