Transient Well Testing
Disciplines: Production and Operations | Reservoir
Course Description
This course is designed to teach state of-the-art design and interpretation of pressure transient testing through hands-on examples and exercises from oil and gas fields. The course describes the detailed process from well-testing selection and design to data acquisition, validation, and interpretations for different types of reservoirs. Information about the latest developments in pressure transient analysis such as testing under multiphase flow conditions, layered reservoirs, and numerical well test analysis are discussed.
Topics:
- Understanding the fundamentals behind all types of well test (DST, Formation Testing, Buildup, Interference and Pulse Tests, etc.)
- Learning the reservoir and well properties that may be obtained from various types of tests
- Selecting appropriate testing methods and optimizing the test design to maximize the potential of obtaining required information and minimize the cost and disruption of field operations.
- Analyzing data and determining the range of uncertainties of the results
Learning Level
Introductory
Course Length
1 Day
Why Attend
Understand the state-of-the-art of well testing, including testing of horizontal wells, layered or naturally fractured reservoirs, and oil or gas reservoirs producing under multiphase flow conditions.
Who Attends
This course is for production and reservoir engineers and Earth scientists involved in well and formation characterization and reservoir surveillance.
Special Requirements
Attendees must bring a laptop to class. Problems will be solved using Saphir software. For those who don’t already have the software, a temporary free download of the software and license will be provided.
CEUs
0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are awarded for this 1-day course.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.
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We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.
Instructor
Medhat (Med) M. Kamal is a senior research consultant and leader of the dynamic reservoir characterization group with Chevron Energy Technology Company in San Ramon, California. Kamal has more than 35 years of industry experience in well testing, reservoir description, and production and reservoir engineering.
He is a past SPE Distinguished Lecturer and winner of many society awards, including the Cedric K. Ferguson Medal, the SPE Distinguished Service Award, and the Texas Petroleum Engineer of the Year Award. He has served on the SPE Board of Directors as the Regional Director of the Western North America Region. He is the author of multiple technical articles in SPE journals and has served as a technical editor, review chairman and executive editor of SPE Reservoir Engineering and Evaluation journal. Kamal is the editor and lead author of SPE Monograph 23 Transient Well Testing.
Kamal holds a BS degree from Cairo University and MS and PhD degrees from Stanford University all in petroleum engineering.
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