Paper: Well Testing

Well testing, a broad general subject with as many different methods as there are operators, is a necessary part of determining the most efficient and conservative means of depleting an oil reservoir and the best method of completion to depletion. An effort will be made at this time to present some of the uses of data obtained from well tests, precautions that should be observed in order to obtain usable tests and a general look at test equipment. The presence or absence of a regulatory body may govern the number of requited well test in any given state. As Texas has a regulatory body in the Railroad Commission, a brief discussion of the test required in the State of Texas will be given. Other tests are left to the discretion of the operator for his use in efficient and economic depletion of the oil from his properties.