This 5-day course is for engineers and technical specialists who want to learn the reasons for well testing and the information that can be derived from it. By the end of the class, participants will know the principles underlying well testing and the procedures for analyzing well tests in both vertical and horizontal wells. Presentations include the interpretation of oil and gas well tests, drill stem and production tests, buildup and interference tests, how to detect boundaries, and how to stabilize flow rates from short tests.
Throughout the course, the theme will be Well Test Interpretation (WTI), which involves much more than simply Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA). Practical interpretation is emphasized along with the theory. Data Validation and the Primary Pressure Derivative (PPD) will be used to illustrate Wellbore Dynamics and to extricate these effects from the apparent reservoir response.

Well testing is one of the primary tools for fine tuning production rates. You will be able to increase productivity by utilizing the skills learned in this class.

All reservoir and production engineers and technologists who are interested in well testing will benefit from this course.

4.0 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) awarded for this 5-day course.

To receive a full refund, all cancellations must be received in writing no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Send cancellation requests by email to trainingcourses@spe.org; by fax to +1.866.460.3032 (US) or +1.972.852.9292 (outside US); or mail to SPE Registration, PO Box 833836, Richardson, TX 75083.

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Louis Mattar, BS, MS, PE is president of Fekete Associates. As an energy consultant he has been serving reservoir engineering clients since 1981. Mattar previously worked for Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), where he wrote Gas Well Testing—Theory and Practice (1975). Mattar also taught reservoir engineering at the University of Calgary as an associate professor and has authored some 70 professional publications.