Paper: Simplified Production Testing

During the past few years a new method of checking the production of oil wells has been developed. This method is based on intermittent sampling and can be accomplished in two ways; by taking samples by hand from the bleeder at such times as are dictated by a watt demand meter, or by use of a mechanical device which will take a sample at equal intervals. In each method the production is obtained through analysis of the samples taken. Although the two methods are somewhat different, they do have this common characteristic