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Record 1 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A test in which a well is shut in for a prescribed period of time and a bottom-hole-pressure bomb run in the well to record increases or decreases in pressure.

OBS

From this data and the knowledge of pressures in a nearby well, the effective drainage radius may be determined, or the presence of permeability barriers or other production deterrents surrounding the wellbore may be ascertained.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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