The only book available for the reservoir or petroleum engineer
covering formation testing with algorithms for wireline and LWD
reservoir analysis developed for transient pressure, contamination
modeling, permeability, and pore pressure prediction. Traditional
well logging methods, such as resistivity, acoustic, nuclear, and
NMR, provide indirect information relating to fluid and formation
properties. However, the formation tester offered in wireline and
MWD/LWD operations is different. It collects actual downhole fluid
samples for surface analysis, and through pressure transient
analysis, provides direct measurements for pore pressure, mobility,
permeability, and anisotropy. These are vital to real-time drilling
safety, geosteering, hydraulic fracturing, and economic analysis.
Methods for formation testing analysis, while commercially
important and accounting for a substantial part of service company
profits, are shrouded in secrecy. Many are poorly constructed, and
because details are not available, industry researchers are not
able to improve on them. Formation Testing explains conventional
models and develops new, more powerful algorithms for early-time
analysis. More importantly, it addresses a critical area in
sampling related to time required to pump clean samples, using
rigorous multiphase flow techniques. All of the methods are
explained in complete detail. Equations are offered for users to
incorporate in their own models, but, for those needing immediate
answers, convenient, easy-to-use software is available. The lead
author is a well-known petrophysicist with hands-on experience at
Schlumberger, Halliburton, BP Exploration, and other companies. His
work is used commercially at major oil service companies, and
important extensions to his formation testing models have been
supported by prestigious grants from the U.S. Department of Energy.
His latest collaboration with China National Offshore Oil
Corporation marks an important turning point, where advanced
simulation models and hardware are evolving side-by-side, defining
a new generation of formation testing logging instruments.
Providing more than formulations and solutions, this book offers a
close look at behind the scenes formation tester development, as
the China National Offshore Oil Corporation opens up its research,
engineering, and manufacturing facilities through a collection of
never-before-seen photographs, showing how formation testing tools
are developed from start to finish. This groundbreaking new volume:
* Develops key reservoir analysis methods for wireline and LWD
forward and inverse modeling, including algorithms, validations,
examples, and modeling software * Includes new pressure transient
and multiphase contamination models for analysis and job planning *
Covers low permeability and heavy oil reservoirs using early time
data, despite high flowline storage * Is the only book on the
subject for modern methods used at leading service companies, with
research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, China National
Offshore Oil Corporation, and other companies
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