This course is designed for petroleum engineers and other technical professionals who are interested in enhancing the concept and the associated theories of basic well testing.

This is a comprehensive course that offers the practicing reservoir engineer with a full in-depth description of the theory of transient flow analysis. The objective of the course is to provide the participants with a solid understanding of the challenges and solutions to numerous well testing problems. Hands-on examples and exercises are used throughout the course to help participants with understanding all topics presented in this course. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop for the classroom exercises.

• Primary Reservoir Fluid Characteristics
• Types of Flow Regimes
• Fluid Flow Equations
• Concept of Dimensionless Properties
• Fundamentals of Well Testing Analysis
  • Principle of Superposition
  • Pressure Derivative
  • Wellbore Storage and Skin
  • Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs
  • Warren and Root Model
• Well Testing Methods
  • Pressure Drawdown
  • Pressure Buildup
  • Multi-Rate Test
  • Interference Test
  • Pulse Test
  • Drill Stem Test
  • Falloff Test
  • Injectivity Test
  • Step-Rate Test
• Modern Decline Curve Analysis
• Type Curve Analysis