Extended Well Test for Identifying Connectivity Between Adjacent Compartments

The paper demonstrates the usefulness of extended well tests and advanced interpretation techniques to complement seismic information with an example from a North Sea reservoir. This reservoir is heavily faulted, but seismics indicated that the faults were discontinuous, thus suggesting good communication between the various parts of the reservoir. The combination of the interpretations of the tests on both wells allowed delineating compartments in the reservoir, assessing their connectivity, and correcting the seismic information.

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This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 93988, "Analysis of an Extended Well Test To Identify Connectivity Between Adjacent Compartments in a North Sea Reservoir," by A.C. Gringarten, SPE, Imperial College London, prepared for the 2005 SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain, 13-16 June. The paper has not been peer reviewed.