Formation testing : low mobility pressure transient analysis by Wilson C. Chin, Yanmin Zhou, Yongren Feng, Qiang Yu

By Wilson C. Chin, Yanmin Zhou, Yongren Feng, Qiang Yu

Traditional good logging equipment, comparable to  resistivity, acoustic, nuclear and NMR, supply oblique details on the topic of fluid and formation properties.  The “formation tester,” provided in wireline and MWD/LWD operations, is different.  It collects real downhole fluid samples for floor research, and during strain temporary research, offers direct measurements for pore strain, mobility, permeability and anisotropy.  those are very important to real-time drilling protection, geosteering, hydraulic fracturing and fiscal analysis.

Methods for formation checking out research, whereas commercially vital and accounting for a considerable a part of provider corporation earnings, even though, are shrouded in secrecy.  regrettably, many are poorly built, and since information aren't on hand, researchers cannot enhance upon them.  This new booklet explains traditional versions and develops new robust algorithms for “double-drawdown” and “advanced section hold up” early-time research - importantly, it really is now attainable to foretell either horizontal and vertical permeabilities, plus pore strain, inside seconds of good logging in very low mobility reservoirs.  different matters together with inertial Forchheimer results in illness modeling and time-dependent flowline volumes also are developed.  the entire equipment are defined in entire detail.  Equations are provided for clients to include of their personal versions, yet handy, easy-to-use software program is obtainable for these desiring speedy answers.

The major writer is a widely known petrophysicist, with hands-on event at Schlumberger, Halliburton, BP Exploration and different companies.  His paintings is used commercially at significant oil carrier businesses, and critical extensions to his formation trying out types were supported through prestigious can provide from the USA division of Energy.  His new collaboration with China nationwide Offshore Oil company  marks a big turning element, the place complicated simulation versions and are evolving side-by-side to outline a brand new new release of formation trying out logging instruments.  the current publication offers greater than formulations and strategies: it deals a detailed examine formation tester improvement “behind the scenes,” because the China nationwide Offshore Oil company opens up its study, engineering and production amenities via a set of fascinating images to teach how formation trying out instruments are constructed from begin to finish. 

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5,672,819, awarded September 30, 1997. , “Formation Evaluation Using Repeated MWD Logging Measurements,” SPWLA 27th Annual Logging Symposium , Houston, TX, June 9-13, 1986. , Yu, Q. , Formation Testing: Pressure Transient and Contamination Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2014. C. , “Advanced Dual Probe Formation Tester with Transient, Harmonic, and Pulsed Time-Delay Testing Methods Determines Permeability, Skin, and Anisotropy,” SPE Paper 64650, SPE International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Beijing, China, November 7-10, 2000.

Linear flow Catscans, standard optical contrast. 14f. Linear flow Catscans, enhanced contrast. , Formation Invasion, with Applications to Measurement-WhileDrilling, Time Lapse Analysis and Formation Damage , Gulf Publishing, Houston, 1995. C. , “Formation Evaluation Using Phase Shift Periodic Pressure Pulse Testing,” United States Patent No. 5,672,819, awarded September 30, 1997. , “Formation Evaluation Using Repeated MWD Logging Measurements,” SPWLA 27th Annual Logging Symposium , Houston, TX, June 9-13, 1986.

Lee, M. Proett , P. Weintraub, J. Fogal and C. Torres-Verdín, SPWLA 45th Annual Logging Symposium, The Netherlands, June 2004, with graphics and photographs from a complementary SPWLA 2004 poster. Reprinted with permission from the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts. 13m. Pressure transducer (two used, one on formation side and other on flowline side). 13n. Control module. 13o. Computer with graphical user interface. 13p. Mother board (experiment controlled by computer connected to mother board).

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