Well T est D esign a nd

Ana lysis - WT A
Dis cip line: Reservoir Engineering
L evel: Foundation
Durat io n: 5 days
Ins t ruct o r( s ) : Rosalind Archer, Iskander Diyashev, John Spivey

T his course stresses practical application of well test theory to design and interpret
pressure transient tests. An integrated approach to well test interpretation is emphasized
throughout the course. Class exercises involving hand calculations and simple
spreadsheet applications will reinforce the concepts illustrated by both synthetic data
sets and real field examples. Participants will be able to apply the knowledge and skills
they gain in this course to their job assignments upon course completion. One personal
computer is provided, at additional cost, for each two participants.

T his course covers material for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs.

"It's an amazing course. T he concepts, practicality, and field implementation are a

perfect blend of WT A." - Senior Reservoir Engineer, Malaysia

"T he number of exercises between lessons strengthened my understanding on the

subject. " - Operation Petrophysicist, Malaysia

Des ig ned Fo r:
Engineers and geoscientists who want to understand well testing principles and
interpretation techniques to design, analyze, report, evaluate results or intelligently
participate in the well testing process. Previous experience in production and/or
reservoir engineering is recommended. Previous experience in well testing is helpful but
is not required.

Y o u Will L earn:
How T o:

Analyze drawdown and buildup tests in oil and gas wells

Identify flow regimes using the log-log diagnostic plot
Describe characteristic pressure behavior for common bounded reservoir
geometries
Identify well test data affected by various wellbore and near-wellbore phenomena
Design a well test to meet desired objectives
Estimate average drainage area pressure
Analyze well tests in hydraulically fractured wells, horizontal wells, and naturally
fractured reservoirs

Co urs e Co nt ent :
Introduction to well testing
 Radial flow
Log-log type curve analysis
Pressure transient testing for gas wells
Flow regimes and the log-log diagnostic plot
Bounded reservoir behavior
Wellbore and near-wellbore phenomena
Well test interpretation
Well test design
Estimation of average drainage area pressure
Hydraulically fractured wells
Horizontal wells
Naturally fractured reservoirs

Ins t ruct o rs :

DR. ROSALIND ARCHER is Professor of the Mighty River Power Chair in Geothermal
Reservoir Engineering as well as Head of the Department of Engineering Science at the
University of Auckland in New Z ealand. She is also Director of Auckland Geothermal
Institute. She has received several awards including the Supreme Excellence in T eaching
Award within the Faculty of Engineering. She is an accomplished technical writer,
collaborator and editor with over 25 articles published in the last five years. Dr. Archer
has taught courses on Well T esting, Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Simulation and
PVT Analysis for industrial clients including Chevron/Schlumberger, Chevron, China,
ONGC, Petronas, Yukos Petroleum, PT T Exploration and Schlumberger. She directs her
own consulting practice undertaking technical work, expert witness work and training for
a wide range of clients. She has performed technical work for T odd Energy, Shell T odd
Oil Services, Austrial Pacific Energy, Greymouth Petroleum, Mighty River Power, Genesis
Energy, Scott Hawkins (USA) and Sigma Energy (USA). She holds PhD and MS degrees in
Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University and a BE degree in Engineering Science
from the University of Auckland.

DR. ISKANDER DIYASHEV is a director and a co-founder of Petroleum and Energy

T echnology Advisors, Inc., an engineering and consulting firm based in Houston, T exas,
focused on drilling, completion and stimulation (www.1penta.com). Prior to that Dr.
Diyashev was an officer and a board member with Independent Resource Development
Corporation, based in Moscow with operations in Western Siberia Russia. Dr. Diyashev
was responsible for the planning of field development, reserves evaluation and addition,
planning of exploration activities, as well as engineering and technology. In 2001-2006
Dr. Diyashev served as a Chief Engineer for Sibneft, one of the largest integrated oil
companies in Russia with a daily production of 700,000 BOPD.

During his career, Dr. Diyashev worked in R&D, consulting, and the service and
production sides of the business both in Russia and internationally. Prior to his work with
Sibneft, Dr. Diyashev was one of the key Schlumberger specialists to start the horizontal
drilling project in Noyabrsk Western Siberia. He holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering
from T exas A&M University, and advanced degrees in Physics and Mathematics from
Moscow Institute of Physics and T echnology. He has authored 30 technical papers. Dr.
Diyashev is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and served on the
Board of Directors of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE International), and on the
boards of various private E&P, service and engineering firms in the petroleum industry.
T wice in his career Dr. Diyashev was elected to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer of the
SPE, in 2005-06, and in 2017-18.

DR. JOHN P. SPIVEY has over 20 years experience in the petroleum industry, with
interests in pressure transient analysis, production data analysis, reservoir engineering,
continuing education, and software development. From 1984 to 1990, he worked for
SoftSearch, Inc. (later Dwights EnergyData) developing petroleum economics and
engineering software. In 1990, he joined S.A. Holditch & Associates (SAH), which was
purchased by Schlumberger (SLB) in 1997. While at SAH/SLB he conducted reservoir
simulation, gas storage, and tight gas application studies and taught industry short
courses in well testing and production data analysis. He actively participated in on-going
development of SABRE, SAH numerical reservoir simulator, and in research in
techniques for production data analysis for gas wells. He also designed and developed
PROMAT , an analytical production data analysis and forecasting program, and
WELLT EST , an interactive pressure transient test analysis program. In 2004, he started
his own reservoir engineering consulting company, Phoenix Reservoir Engineering, and
software development company, Phoenix Reservoir Software, LLC, which provides
PMT x, a software package for analyzing production and production log data and
forecasting future performance for multilayer low permeability reservoirs. Since 1992, he
has served as Visiting Assistant Professor or Adjunct Assistant Professor at T exas A&M
University, teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in gas reservoir engineering
and pressure transient analysis, and serving on several graduate student committees.
He is the editor of the SPE Reprint Series Vol. 52, Gas Reservoir Engineering, and Vol. 57,
Pressure T ransient T esting, and coauthor of SPE T extbook Series Vol. 9, Pressure
T ransient T esting and has published numerous papers and articles in industry journals
and trade publications. He received a BS Physics from Abilene Christian University, a MS
in Physics from the University of Washington, a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from
T exas A&M University, and is a registered professional engineer in the state of T exas.

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