Patent ID: 8794316

Claim:
A method for selecting well candidate layers for stimulation treatments in a subterranean formation comprising the steps of: selecting a candidate well; selecting a reservoir layer to be tested; performing a quantitative refracture-candidate diagnostic test on the reservoir layer wherein the quantitative refracture-candidate diagnostic test comprises the following steps: isolating the reservoir layer to be tested; introducing an injection fluid into the reservoir layer at a pressure that exceeds the fracture pressure for that layer; shutting in the well bore surrounding the reservoir layer and measuring pressure in the reservoir layer during the shut in period; and, quantitatively determining at least one reservoir property of the reservoir layer using the quantitative refracture-candidate diagnostic test; modeling a proposed stimulation treatment using the at least one reservoir property in a reservoir simulation model so as to predict an efficacy of the proposed stimulation treatment; and, outputting the predicted efficacy.