Well Test Analysis and Interpretation Training Course

Name: Advanced Well Test Analysis and Interpretation Training Course
Availability: InStock

Turn pressure and rate histories into defensible reservoir interpretations, model choices, and decision records.

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Johannesburg, Tokyo, Addis Ababa, Lagos, Istanbul, Athens and more
Next session: 8 – 12 November 2026, Johannesburg
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Advanced Well Test Analysis and Interpretation Training Course

Overview

Advanced Well Test Analysis and Interpretation Training Course is a one-week advanced course for reservoir, petroleum, production, well-test, and subsurface functions who leave with a Well Test Interpretation and Decision File. Participants apply pressure transient analysis, pressure derivative diagnostics, pressure and rate history conditioning, and well test model selection to drawdown, buildup, injection, and interference data. The course links data quality to permeability, skin, flow-regime, and boundary decisions. Agile Leaders Training Center presents advanced well test interpretation practice.

Who Should Attend

Reservoir engineering functions responsible for pressure-transient interpretation and reservoir-property estimates
Petroleum engineering functions responsible for test objectives, technical integration, and subsurface decisions
Production technology functions responsible for rate histories, well performance, and operating evidence
Well-test functions responsible for test design, gauge data, synchronization, and interpretation delivery
Subsurface analysis functions responsible for diagnostic plots, model comparison, and uncertainty records
Technical review functions responsible for challenging assumptions, evidence, and recommended actions

The course assumes participants already use reservoir-flow concepts, pressure and rate data, logarithmic plots, and engineering units, and it leaves out well-log interpretation, formation evaluation, casing design, stimulation design, and surface-test equipment operation.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that use transient pressure response to evaluate wells and connected reservoir volumes.

Oil and gas exploration and production
Underground gas storage and carbon-storage operations
Reservoir engineering and subsurface studies
Production technology and well performance
Well testing and petroleum engineering
Technical assurance and asset development

Learning Objectives

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

Apply a test-objective and duration design method
Analyze synchronized pressure and rate histories
Diagnose flow regimes with pressure derivative plots
Evaluate permeability, skin, storage, and boundaries
Compare models for gas, multiphase, and fractured wells
Build an uncertainty-controlled interpretation decision file

Course Agenda

Day 1: Design the Test and Condition the Data

Test Objective and Decision Question Map
Drawdown, Buildup, Injection, and Interference Test Selection Matrix
Pressure Gauge Quality and Time-Synchronization Checklist
Pressure and Rate History Conditioning Worksheet
Test Duration and Detectable-Boundary Design Method

Day 2: Diagnose Transient Flow Regimes

Diffusivity Equation and Radial-Flow Assumption Map
Log-Log Pressure and Pressure-Derivative Diagnostic Plot
Wellbore Storage and Skin Signature Identification Method
Semilog Straight-Line Permeability and Skin Calculation
Superposition and Variable-Rate History Correction Method

Day 3: Select Models for Complex Wells

Sealing Fault, Constant-Pressure, and Channel Boundary Models
Hydraulically Fractured-Well Flow-Regime Diagnostic Map
Dual-Porosity Interporosity-Flow Interpretation Model
Gas Pseudopressure and Non-Darcy Flow Correction
Horizontal-Well and Multiphase Response Comparison Matrix

Day 4: Integrate Special Tests and Uncertainty

Injection Falloff Test Interpretation Workflow
Interference and Pulse Test Connectivity Method
Gas Deliverability Test Analysis Table
Competing Well Test Model Selection Scorecard
Parameter Uncertainty and Decision-Sensitivity Register

Day 5: Practice Well Test Interpretation

Suggested Exercise: Condition a Noisy Pressure and Rate History
Suggested Exercise: Identify Radial Flow, Storage, and Skin
Suggested Exercise: Compare Fracture, Porosity, and Boundary Models
Suggested Exercise: Challenge Parameters with an Uncertainty Register
Capstone Exercise: Complete the Well Test Interpretation and Decision File

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to convert transient measurements into traceable reservoir interpretations and decisions.

Suggested activity: align gauge and rate records, flag uncertain intervals, and prepare a conditioned analysis history.
Suggested activity: use pressure derivative diagnostics to identify flow regimes and select valid analysis windows.
Suggested activity: compare competing models and test permeability, skin, storage, fracture, and boundary interpretations.
Suggested activity: document assumptions, parameter ranges, uncertainty, decision sensitivity, and review evidence.

FAQs

Who suits advanced well test analysis and interpretation training, and what does it assume?

Advanced well test training suits reservoir, petroleum, production, testing, subsurface, and review functions. It assumes working use of reservoir-flow concepts, pressure-rate data, logarithmic plots, and engineering calculations.

How does pressure transient well testing differ from well-log interpretation?

Pressure transient well testing evaluates dynamic pressure response after rate changes to infer connected flow behavior. Well-log interpretation evaluates measurements along the wellbore to characterize formations and fluids.

How do pressure derivative diagnostics support well test interpretation?

Pressure derivative diagnostics expose response shapes associated with storage, radial flow, fractures, dual porosity, and boundaries, helping analysts choose valid time windows and compare models.

How are permeability and skin evaluated in well test analysis?

Permeability and skin are evaluated from identified flow regimes, conditioned rate histories, pressure response, derivative behavior, and model assumptions, with parameter ranges checked against data quality and uncertainty.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Well Test Interpretation and Decision File linking objectives, conditioned data, diagnostic plots, model choices, parameter estimates, and uncertainty. It changes isolated plots into a traceable interpretation path. The file supports technical review, comparison of competing explanations, and reservoir decisions based on stated evidence and limitations.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Johannesburg	Week 45, 2026 8 – 12 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Tokyo	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
Addis Ababa	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Lagos	Week 48, 2026 29 November – 3 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Istanbul	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Athens	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Manama	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Bangkok	Week 51, 2026 20 – 24 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Toronto	Week 52, 2026 27 – 31 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
Vienna	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Baku	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Accra	Week 01, 2027 10 – 14 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Frankfurt	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Zanzibar	Week 04, 2027 31 January – 4 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Cape town	Week 06, 2027 14 – 18 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Sharm El-Sheikh	Week 07, 2027 15 – 19 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Bali	Week 07, 2027 21 – 25 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Dubai	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Geneva	Week 08, 2027 28 February – 4 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Nairobi	Week 09, 2027 7 – 11 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000

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What does this course cover?

OverviewAdvanced Well Test Analysis and Interpretation Training Course is a one-week advanced course for reservoir, petroleum, production, well-test, and subsurface functions who leave with a Well Test Interpretation and Decision File. Participants apply pressure transient analysis, pressure derivative diagnostics, pressure and rate history conditioning,…

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Well Test Analysis and Interpretation Training Course