With easy oil extraction becoming a thing of the past, new technologies and processes of discovery have been introduced into the exploration of oil and gas. These advancements rely on precise and accurate data, in many cases live during operations. Surface well testing operations acquire the necessary data during exploration, production, and development, and clean data is essential and heavily relied upon. Surface Well Testing: A Practical Guide guides readers on the fundamentals and techniques of surface well testing operations and data acquisition to ensure proper operational procedures and standards.
- Explains actual operations, equipment, and data acquisition and quality
- Introduces readers to the processes and techniques of surface well testing, the required measurements and readings, and how to get the right data to perform accurate reservoir and petroleum engineering calculations
- Bridges the gap between practical field operations and simulated engineering and mathematical models
This book supports readers and organisations in the oil and gas industry as an operations reference and training manual to ensure standardisation of operating procedures and accuracy of results.
1. Introduction
2. Well Testing Preparations
3. Time
4. Safety
5. Well Test Equipment
6. Well Test Separators
7. Hazards
8. Basic Sediment and Water (BS&W)
9. Liquid Gravity Measurements
10. Gas Measurements
11. Flow Data
12. Data Instrumentation
13. Reporting, Data, and Security
Biography
Paul Budworth has been working with oilfields for many decades, including as an Operations Training Instructor at Gulf Drilling and Maintenance Co., Kuwait, and Well Test and QA Coordinator. He served as Technical Director at Fardux, a major UK-based oil and gas data acquisition organization, for 24 years.
Abdullah Tanira earned an MSc in petroleum production engineering at Robert Gordon University. He has been involved in petroleum engineering consultancy with projects in secondary and enhanced oil recovery, onshore concessions open for exploration and production investments, oil and gas production services, and waste management.
