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Example calculation (Continued)
Using Kohlhass method 410
Analyzing DST test using Correa and
Rameys type curves 410
Analyzing reservoir rocks porosity
distribution system 425
Analyzing interference test using type curve
matching technique 432
Analyzing horizontal pulse test 442
Designing vertical pulse test 447
Designing pulse test using graphical method 454
Designing pulse test using analytical method 455
Analyzing pulse test using graphical method 458
Analyzing pulse test using analytical method 459
Analyzing pulse test from field data 460
Analyzing injection well test data
Waterflood reservoir M.R. = 1.0 465
Liquid filled unit mobility ratio reservoir 471
Analyzing single pressure fall-off test data
Liquid filled case-unit mobility ratio 477
Prior to reservoir fill-up M.R. = 1.0 483
Prior to reservoir fill-up non-mobility
ratio case 488
Analyzing two-rate injectivity well test 493
Analyzing step rate injectivity test 499
Estimating distance to a no flow boundary 527
Line Source method 531
Using David and Hawkin method 531
Using Van Poollen Equation 532
Using Gray approximate method 532
Exponential integral solution method 532

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Example calculation (Continued)
Analyzing interference test in homogeneous
isotropic reservoir 542
Analyzing interference test in homogeneous
anisotropic reservoir 548
Estimating two-dimensional reservoir
permeability from vertical interference
test data 557
Calculating flowing bottom hole pressure
Using Hagedorn and Brown method 601
Using Beggs and Brill Method 604
Estimating saturation (bubble point)
pressure 610
Estimating oil formation volume factor 616
Calculating oil viscosity 620
Calculating oil compressibility 622
Determining oil formation volume factor 622
Effective wellbore radius for horizontal wells 51 54
Joshi techniques 51
Van Der Vlis et al. method 52
Effect of formation damage on horizontal
well productivity 54
Estimating productivity index 55

F
Flow regime identification 339
Fracture linear flow 339
Bilinear flow 509
Formation linear flow 341
Pseudoradial flow 346
Bilinear flow type of analysis 341

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Flow regime identification (Continued)
Bilinear flow graph 350
Bilinear flow analysis 348
Four-layer crossflow reservoir 505
Fault near single boundary 530
Fault near multiple boundaries 531
Fracture permeability
Estimating from pressure derivative curves 362 364
Estimating using bilinear flow theory 342 344 346 347 352
355
Fracture skin factor 79 355 356 357 373
374 382 383 384
Fracture half-length 148 315 317 319 323
327 376 380 383
Flow efficiency 114 118 122 130 132
130 161 162 166 210
212 288 304 308 312
Estimating from drawdown testing 114 118 122 130 132
139
Estimating from buildup testing 161 162 166 210 212
Estimating from type curve matching 288 304 308 312
Formation flow capacity 372
Fracture conductivity 346 347 350
False reservoir pressure 122 124 126 128 177
178 184 187 239
Formation compressibility 623
Fracture penetration ratio 72
Flow history of an oil well 211
Finite flow capacity vertical fracture
Agarwall type curves-Constant pressure 374
Cinco-Ley type curves-constant well rate 375

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Fracture storage 274
Fracture porosity 271 283
Formation flow capacity 372 380 382
Formation flow capacity 372
Fracture gradient 497

G
Geometric parameter 447
Gas permeability 195 198

H
Horizontal well 84 123
Steady state flow equations and solution 44
Joshis method 45
Goger method 45
Borisol method 45
Renard and Dupay method 45
Solution of unsteady state flow equations 49
Effective wellbore radius 51
Effect of formation damage 54
Solution of pseudosteady state equation 60
Shape related skin factor for vertical wells 64
Shape factor for horizontal wells 64
Shape factor dependent skin factor 68
Values of dimensionless function to estimate
well productivity 67
Skin factor 64
Calculating pseudo-steady state productivity 73
Mutalik method 73
Kuchuk method 75
Odeh and Babu method 75

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Horizontal well (Continued)
Horizontal well performance 84 95
Transient flow regimes 86
Early time radial flow 86
Intermediate time linear flow 86
Late time radial flow 81
Late time linear flow 82
Solution of flow time equation 88
Goode equation 88
Odeh and Babu equation 90
Ozakan equation 92
Pressure response equation 95
Under pressure drawdown test 95
Under pressure buildup test 100
Well response and normalized pressure
derivative 103
Effect of wellbore storage 104
Calculating effective wellbore radius
Joshi technique 51
Van Der Vlis et al. method 52
Effect of formation damage on well
productivity 54
Investigating effect of sv and P on well
productivity ratio 59
Influence of reservoir anisotropy on
horizontal well 52
Quadratic equation to calculate turbulence
factor 69
Hydraulic diffusivity 558
Uniform flux 85
Infinite-conductivity solution 85

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Hydraulic diffusivity (Continued)
Uniform flux solutions with wellbore
pressure averaging 85
Horizontal well productivity 121
Turbulence flow 124
Turbulence identification 125
Skin factor for horizontal well 90 92 93
IPR calculation for horizontal well 125
Common flow regimes 86
Flow time equations and solutions 88
Solution under Pressure drawdown tests 95
Solution under Pressure buildup tests 100
Hall correlation for formation compressibility 623
Heterogeneous reservoir systems 523 574
Causes of heterogeneities 524
Linear sealing faults and barriers 524
Estimating distance to the linear
discontinuity 527
Line source solution equation 531
Davis and Hawkinss method 531
Van pollen equation 532
Grays approximate equation 532
Gray p equation 532
Exponential solution 532
Effect of lateral changes on pressure
behavior 523
Hydraulic diffusivity contract ratio 534
Reservoir rock porosity distribution system
analysis 522
Matrix pore volumes calculation 424
Fracture pore volume calculation 424

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Heterogeneous reservoir systems (Continued)
Partitioning coefficient estimation 424
Well skin effects 582
Pressure buildup analysis 425
Use of pressure transient tests to describe
reservoir heterogeneity 524
Detecting fracture trends 536
Procedures and guidelines 537
Fracture orientation 536
Approaches to detect fracture trends 540
Homogeneous isotropic reservoir systems 540
Interference tests 541
Pulse tests 542
Anisotropic reservoir systems 545
Calculate system permeability 545
Estimate product ct 445 457 458 459 460
542 566 570
Hall plot for injection well tests 464
Horizontal and vertical well drainage areas 62
Horizontal well model in a fractured reservoir 279
Hawkins equation for estimating skin 179
Hydraulic diffusivity 492

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Injection well testing 463
Under steady state 463
Rate schedule and pressure responses 464
Hall plot 464
Water flood reservoir with M.R. = 1.0. 465
Liquid filled unit mobility ratio reservoir 470
Prior to reservoir fill-up unit mobility ratio 482

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Injection well testing (Continued)
Prior to reservoir fill-up non unit mobility
ratio 488
Water and oil banks 489
Two rate injectivity test 492
Two rate injectivity test 492
Step rate injectivity test using Felsenthal
method 496
Formation fracture pressure 497
Interference and pulse tests 429
Field application of interference and pulse
tests 430
Pulse test analysis method-two well system 435
Horizontal pulse test and analysis 437
Kamal and Brigham techniques 437
Vertical pulse test design calculation 445
Nomenclature for vertical and pulse test 448
Pulse test designing method 453
Region for pulse testing 430
Rate schedule in pulse testing 434
Pressure responses 434
Pulse test responses 435
Pulse test analysis methods 435
Two well systems 435
Rate history and pressure response 436
Horizontal pulse test 437
Vertical pulse test design 445
Design and analysis of unequal pulses 448
Pulse test nomenclature 448
Pulse test terminology 449
Pulse test designing 453

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Interference and pulse tests (Continued)
Pulse test analysis methods 457
Infinite acting 108
Interference test analysis 429
Bounded systems 111
Effect of wellbore storage and damage 287
Estimating permeability 433
Estimating porosity compressibility product 442 544
Type curve matching 287
Interporosity flow parameters 365 368
Interporosity flow 368
Interpreting flow tests, (see pressure
drawdown tests)
Interpretation of formation tester pressure
buildup by Pollard-Pirson method 422
Initial pressure 123 124 126 130 132
180 204 206 237 240
248 260 340 404 408
Influence of reservoir anisotropy on horizontal
well 52
Identifying flow periods in horizontal oil wells 278
Infinite slab reservoir with slanting well 33
Intermediate time linear flow 87
Ideal pressure buildup graph 155
Ideal productivity index 112 212
Injectivity index 481

J
Jones et al. method 146 147
Jones et al. Odeh method 146 147
Joshis method 45 47 48 49 51

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Kuchuk et al. method 75
Kumar and Ramey method 180
Kazemi method 257
Kamal and Bringam 435

L
Layered reservoirs 504
Commingled 507
With crossflow 505
Line source solution 531
Linear barriers 526
Linear discontinuity 526
Linear faults 526
Linear flow period 339
Log-log data plot 110 119 149 164 217
227 268 279 295 298
301 306 307 310 311
320 323 326 327 323
Late-time radial flow (see Pseudoradial flow)
Line source solution 531
Log-log type curves for finite capacity vertical
fractures, Constant wellbore pressure 288 299 306 315 316
Linear data plots
Pressure drawdown test data plots 123 127 136 141 150
Pressure buildup data plots 189 206 209 212 217
229 263
Average reservoir pressure 245
Type curve matching 296 328 334
Drill stem test data plots 416
Interference and pulse test data plots 443

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