Abstract
Pressure transient testing is used to determine characteristic properties of an oil or gas reservoir by interpreting its dynamic behavior. This dynamic behavior is represented at a given well by two different quantities: pressure and flow rate. During a well test, a perturbation is imposed on the rate, and the resulting pressure variation is measured. Reservoir properties are then obtained from the interpretation of this variation.
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Allain, O., Horne, R.N. (1992). The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Model Identification in Well Test Interpretation. In: Palaz, I., Sengupta, S.K. (eds) Automated Pattern Analysis in Petroleum Exploration. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4388-5_1
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