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Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis - Oil and Gas Well Testing - Petroleum Engineering Previous Year Questions

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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2026
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2016 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2016
A 50 ft thick reservoir has a porosity (φ) of 20% and a total isothermal compressibility ( Ct ) of 2.4×10-5 psi-1. The oil in the reservoir has a viscosity 0.75 cp and formation volume factor of 1.25 reservoir-bbl/STB. A pressure build-up test is carried out on a well of radius 0.50 ft in the reservoir which was producing at 500 STB/day for 500 hours. The flowing bottom-hole pressure at the start of build-up test (Δt = 0) was found to be 3,535 psia. The schematic of the pressure build-up data is shown in the figure.
The skin factor is ________________.
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2016 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2016
A productivity test was conducted on a single-phase crude oil well. The well is capable of producing 100 STB/day at a flowing bottom-hole pressure of 1000 psig. The 24-hour shut-in static pressure is found to be 1500 psig.
The maximum oil flow rate (Qmax) is__________ STB/day.
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2017 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2017

An oil emulsion having 15% water cut by weight is being treated in a horizontal heater-treater unit at the rate of 6000 kg/hr. The inlet temperature of the emulsion is 30°C and operating temperature of the heater-treater is 40°C. The specific heat capacity of water and oil are 1 kcal/kg°C and 0.5 kcal/kg°C, respectively. Assuming 10% of the total heat input is lost to the surroundings, the total heat energy required to break the emulsion in the heater-treater unit is ______ kcal/hr. (write answer with one decimal place)

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2017 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2017
An oil well has a flowing bottom hole pressure of 3000 psi and the reservoir has an average pressure of 3250 psi. A pressure build-up test reveals that the slope of the straight line portion of Homer's plot is 38.5 psi/cycle and skin factor of the well is 3. The flow efficiency of this well is ______. (write answer with two decimal places)
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2018 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2018
Oil flow rate and flowing bottom-hole pressure (FBHP) recorded with time during a multi-rate well test are shown.
Let \(k\) is the reservoir permeability, \(h\) is the formation thickness and \(\mu\) is the viscosity of the oil. \(\Delta P_D(t)\) is constant-rate dimensionless pressure drop as a function of time. The total pressure drop till time, t, where t > t1, will be:
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2018 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2018
Using Miller, Dyes and Hutchinson (MDH) method, the skin factor of an oil well is found to be \( s = -3.5 \).
The reservoir and fluid properties are:
Formation porosity is 0.20
Total compressibility is \( 2.5 \times 10^{-5} \) \( \text{psia}^{-1} \)
Oil viscosity is 1.5 cP
Wellbore radius is 0.5 ft
Flowing bottom hole pressure at \( \Delta t = 0 \) is 2830 psia
Shut in pressure at \( \Delta t = 1 \) hr (\( P_{ws=1hr} \)) is 3000 psia
Slope of middle time region (MTR) line in MDH plot is 190 psia/cycle.
The permeability of the reservoir is __________ mD. (rounded-off to two decimal places)
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2020 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2020

A drawdown test is conducted at a constant flow rate in an oil well for a reservoir with constant compressibility. Which one of the following is valid for semi steady state condition?

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2020 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2020
A build up test was performed on a well after 1000 hours of oil production. During the shut-in period, the Horner’s approximation is valid which results in the following equation relating the shut-in well pressure (\(P_{ws}\)) to the shut-in time:
\[ \frac{2\pi k h}{q \mu} (P_i - P_{ws}) = \frac{1}{2} \ln X + P_D(t_D) - \frac{1}{2} \ln \frac{4 t_D}{\gamma} \]
Here, \(k\) is the reservoir permeability, \(h\) is the reservoir thickness, \(P_i\) is the initial reservoir pressure, \(q\) is the flow rate during production, \(\mu\) is the oil viscosity, \(t_D\) is the dimensionless production time, \(P_D(t_D)\) is the dimensionless pressure at \(t_D\), \(\gamma\) is a constant, and \(X\) is dependent on the shut-in time and the production time.

The value of \(X\) after 5 hours of shut-in (rounded off to one decimal place) is ______________.
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2021 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2021
An Ideal Pressure Buildup Test yields a single straight line for all times, when shut-in Bottom-Hole Pressure (\(P_{ws}\)) is plotted against \(\log_{10}\left(\frac{t_p+\Delta t}{\Delta t}\right)\). Here \(t_p\) is the well production time and \(\Delta t\) is the time elapsed since shut-in. However, in an actual Pressure Buildup Test, a non-linear curve is obtained which can be logically divided into distinct regions.
Choose the INCORRECT option from the following.
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2021 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2021
Select the CORRECT statements from the following.
Well testing operations on a typical crude oil reservoir
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2021 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2021
A productivity test conducted on a crude oil well indicates a stabilized flow rate of 150 STB/day (water-free oil production) at a bottom-hole flowing pressure of 935 psig. After shutting the well for 24 hours, the bottom-hole pressure reached a static value of 1250 psig.
The Absolute Open Flow (AOF) potential of the well is __________ STB/day.
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2022 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2022

Identify the CORRECT match for the flow regimes (Group 1) with the corresponding slopes of the pressure derivative (Group 2) used in the type curve analysis.

Flow Regime (Group 1)Pressure Derivative Slope (Group 2)
I. Spherical flowP. 1
II. Linear flowQ. 1/4
III. Bilinear flowR. -1/2
IV. Boundary dominated flowS. 1/2
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2022 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2022

Well testing is to be conducted on the bounded sandstone reservoirs as shown in the following figures. All the reservoirs have the same drainage area, rock and fluid properties, and well bore conditions. Which of the following statements are CORRECT for the given reservoirs?

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2022 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2022
The following data are given for an oil well scheduled for a drawdown test.
Total compressibility = 20 × 10−6 psi−1Porosity = 15%
Oil compressibility = 100 × 10−6 psi−1Wellbore radius = 0.25 ft
Volume of fluid in the wellbore = 180 rbOil viscosity = 2 cP
Average oil density in the wellbore = 45 lb/ft3Pay zone thickness = 50 ft
Tubing outer diameter = 2 inchSkin factor = 0
Casing inner diameter = 7.675 inchPermeability = 30 mD
If the well is tested at a constant rate, the “Wellbore Storage Effect” would sustain for __________ hours (rounded off to two decimal places).

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2024 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2024

Well tests can be classified as either ‘single well productivity test’ or ‘descriptive reservoir test’. Which ONE of the following CANNOT be determined from a ‘single well productivity test’?

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2024 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2024
Which of the following tests is/are used to obtain reservoir deliverability \((kh/\mu)\) information?
1. Exploration or appraisal well openhole wireline
2. Exploration or appraisal well Drill Stem Test (DST)
3. Development well openhole wireline
4. Development well Drill Stem Test (DST)
\(k\): permeability,
\(h\): thickness of formation,
\(\mu\): viscosity of the oil
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2025 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2025

Which ONE of the following CANNOT be obtained from pressure transient analysis in well testing?

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2025 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2025
Four curves designated as I, II, III, and IV are shown in the figure. \( q_f \) is the bottomhole oil flow rate, \( q_s \) is the surface oil flow rate, and \( B_o \) is the oil formation volume factor.
Which ONE of the following curves depicts the minimum wellbore storage effect?
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2025 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2025

Which of the following option(s) is/are CORRECT for well testing analysis of a reservoir?

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2025 · Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas Well Testing · Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2025
Log-log plot of pressure drop (Δp) versus time (t) obtained using well test data is matched with one of the Gringarten type curves. Thereafter, a point on the type curve is chosen with PD = 10 and tD/CD = 100, where PD, tD, and CD are dimensionless pressure, dimensionless time, and dimensionless wellbore storage, respectively. The corresponding match point on the log-log plot is Δp = 250 psi and t = 10 hrs. Oil flow rate is 500 rb/day. Viscosity of oil is 1.5 cP. Thickness of the reservoir is 10 ft and formation volume factor of oil is 1.2 rb/stb.

The permeability of the reservoir is __________ mD (rounded off to one decimal place).
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