Well productivity is one of primary concerns in field development and provides the basis for field development strategy. The primary focus of this book is to derive productivity formulae for oil wells in anisotropic reservoirs using straightforward mathematical techniques. Pressure transient analysis methods presented in this book are based on analytical solutions of the various forms of flow equation. It is the authors opinion that the distinct advantage of the analytical methods is in their simplicity and the ability to identify correctly the main physical features of a given ...

This new edition includes updated case studies, examples and experiments as well as a new chapter on modeling and simulations. It also includes recent advances in wireline logging interpretation methods, effective media models, inversion of resistivity log measurements, dipole acoustic shear and Stoneley wave techniques, Biot-Gassmann models and MRI.

• Comprehensive but easy to use
• New case studies, exercises and worked examples
• A 30% update over the second edition
• Techniques for conducting competent quick-look evaluations
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