Convolution and deconvolution in pressure transient formation and well testing
By: by Fikri Kuchuk ... [et al.].
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Series: Developments in petroleum science
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam; London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9780444529534
Subjects: Testing; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Porous materials; Unsteady flow (Fluid dynamics); Permeability
Description: This reference presents a comprehensive description of flow through porous media and solutions to pressure diffusion problems in homogenous, layered, and heterogeneous reservoirs. It covers the fundamentals of interpretation techniques for formation tester pressure gradients, and pretests, multiprobe and packer pressure transient tests, including derivative, convolution, and pressure-rate and pressure-pressure deconvolution. Emphasis is placed on the maximum likelihood method that enables one to estimate error variances in pressure data along with the unknown formation parameters. Serves as a training manual for geologists, petrophysicists, and reservoir engineers on formation and pressure transient testing Offers interpretation techniques for immediate application in the field Provides detailed coverage of pretests, multiprobe and packer pressure transient tests, including derivative, convolution, and pressure-rate and pressure-pressure deconvolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Formation and well testing hardware and test types; title: Mathematical principles and flow regimes; title: Convolution; title: Deconvolution; title: Nonlinear Parameter Estimation; title: Pressure transient test design and interpretation.