Well Testing Project Management
Onshore and Offshore Operations

The Project Manager's guide to the planning and the operational aspects of well testing

Paul J. Nardone (Author)

9781856176002, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 10 September 2009

360 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.65 kg

Well test planning is one of the most important phrases in the life cycle of a well, if done improperly it could cost millions. Now there is a reference to ensure you get it right the first time. Written by a Consultant Completions & Well Test Engineer with decades of experience, Well Test Planning and Operations provides a road map to guide the reader through the maze of governmental regulations, industry codes, local standards and practices. This book describes how to plan a fit-for-purpose and fault free well test, and to produce the documents required for regulatory compliance. Given the level of activity in the oil and gas industry and the shortage of experienced personnel, this book will appeal to many specialists sitting in drilling, completion or exploration departments around the world who find themselves in the business of planning a well test, and yet who may lack expertise in that specialty. Nardone provides a roadmap to guide the planner through this complex subject, showing how to write the necessary documentation and to coordinate the many different tasks and activities, which constitute well test planning. Taking the reader from the basis for design through the well Test program to well test reports and finally to the all-important learning to ensure continuous improvement.

1: The Well Test Planning Environment 2 Well Test Engineering Challenges3: Well Test Services 4: Planning Processes 5: Operational Processes 6: Continuous Improvement AppendicesScope of Supply for each servicePlanning Checklists

Subject Areas: Petroleum technology [THFP], Fossil fuel technologies [THF], Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD], Mining industry [KNAT]