UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
BASc. In Petroleum Engineering
FMEV3001 – Well testing Assignment 1
Question 1
Calculate the formation permeability and skin factor from the drawdown test data given
the following formation and fluid properties:
q 777 stb/day
Φ 0.186
B 1.342 rb/stb
ct 11.4 x 10-6 psi-1
rw 0.24 feet
μ 0.895 cp
h 98 feet
Pi 8294.5 feet
Time Pressure
(hours) (psi)
1 7811.9
2 7774
3 7751.8
4 7736.1
5 7723.9
6 7713.9
8 7698.2
10 7686
12 7676
14 7667.6
16 7660.3
18 7653.9
21 7645.4
24 7638.1
27 7631.7
30 7625.9
33 7620.7
36 7616
Question 2
A new well was drilled in a closed reservoir and a 7 day test was run. Calculate the
formation permeability and skin factor from the drawdown test data given the following
formation and fluid properties:
q 423 stb/day
Φ 0.274
B 1.138 rb/stb
ct 9.8 x 10-6 psi-1
rw 0.31 feet
μ 2.305 cp
h 21 feet
Pi 1701 feet
Time Pwf Time Pwf
(hours) (psi) (hours) (psi)
0.01 1657 3.6 1518
0.02 1626 4.4 1515
0.04 1604 5.3 1513
0.06 1590 6.5 1510
0.08 1579 8 1507
0.1 1572 9.7 1504
0.14 1566 12 1502
0.18 1561 14.5 1499
0.23 1557 18 1495
0.29 1553 21.6 1492
0.36 1550 26 1488
0.45 1546 32 1483
0.56 1543 39 1478
0.69 1540 48 1472
0.852 1537 58 1465
1 1534 71 1457
1.3 1531 87 1447
1.6 1529 106 1434
1.9 1526 129 1420
2.4 1523 158 1401
2.9 1521 168 1395
Estimate the reservoir pore volume.
Question 3
Calculate the formation permeability and skin factor from the drawdown test data given
the following formation and fluid properties:
μ 1.73 cp
h 13 feet
Pi 4521.6 psi
B 1.3 rb/stb
Φ 0.039
ct 9.79 x 10-6 psi -1
rw 0.25 feet
time Pwf q
(hours) (psi) STB/day)
1 4329.5 249
2 4322.3 248
3 4318.4 247
4 4315.9 246
6 4312.9 244
7 4312 243
8 4311.3 242
9 4310.9 241
11 4310.3 239
21 4311.8 238
24 4313 226
27 4314.4 223
30 4316 220
36 4319.5 214
42 4323.3 208
48 4327.5 202