By the end of this BTS training course, participants will be able to:

• Locate the reasons for performing well test
• Gain a thorough understanding of well testing operations
• Know different types of equipment used in well testing operations
• Obtain advanced knowledge about surface & down hole well testing equipment description and operation
• Define the surface equipment functional requirements for well testing
• Be more able to understand the different types of well test
• How to carry out the appropriate selection and positioning of gauges
• Acquire knowledge about reservoir understanding and reservoir concepts
• Specify the requirements for a well test program including safety
• Describe the function and operation of well test tools
• How to perform flow rate calculations
• Understand how well test planning is performed
• Learn how to conduct a well test
• Follow agreed safety guide lines on surface pressure testing ESD

Well Testers, Production Engineers, Production Supervisors and Personnel, Well Testing Coordinators, Field Services Coordinators, Oil & Gas Engineers, Reservoir Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Drilling Engineers and other service personnel who are required to have knowledge of well testing operations.

Introduction to Well Testing Operations

• Overview of Well Behaviour & Testing
• Principle and Objectives of Well Testing
• Well Test Process Overview
• Well Test Objectives and Drives
• Data for Predevelopment Studies
• Fundamentals of Fluid Flow in Porous Media
• Well Test Equipment
  
  

Facility, Downhole Equipment, Gauges, Surface Equipment & Perforating Equipment

•  Surface Well Testing Equipment
•  Surface Test Tree (Flowhead)
•  Surface Safety Valves (SSV)
•  Emergency Shutdown System (ESD)
•  Chemical Injection Pump
•  Data Header
• Sand Removal
•  Choke Manifold
•  2-Phase Test Separator
•  3-Phase Test Separator
•  Oil and Gas Manifold
•  Vertical Surge Tank
  
  

Surface Well Testing (SWT)

Testing Data Acquisition (TDA)

Fluid Sampling & Analysis (FSA)

Well Test Design

•  Well test classification
•  Test conditions (fluids, pressures, temperature etc.)
•  Test design based on conditions and objectives
•  Basis for design
•  Design considerations
  
  

Well Test Program

Well Test Execution

•    Roles and responsibilities
•    Logistics
•    Communications
•    Reporting
  
  

Well Test Evaluation & Interpretation

•  Quality control of well test data
•  On-site analysis & requirements
•  Evaluation of test data and interpretation
•  Function and principle of operation of the main components

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.