Multiprobe Pressure Testing and Reservoir Characterization

Wilson C. Chin, PhD MIT, MSc Caltech, fluid mechanics, physics, applied math and numerical methods, has published twenty-five research books with John Wiley & Sons and Elsevier; more than 100 papers and 50 patents; and won 5 awards with the US Dept of Energy. He founded Stratamagnetic Software, LLC in 1997, an international company engaged in multiple scientific disciplines.

Part I. Fundamental Concepts and Generalizations 1. Fluid Sampling, Pressure Transient and Contamination Analysis 2. Physical Concepts and Numerical Approaches 3. Multiprobe Model Formulations and Validations Part II. Four-Probe Algorithms 4. Single-Phase, Four-Probe Flows – Conventional, Overbalanced and Underbalanced Drilling Applications 5. Convective-Diffusion, Four-Probe Model for Pressure and Contamination Part III. Triple-Probe Algorithms 6. Single-Phase, Triple-Probe Flows – Conventional, Overbalanced and Underbalanced Drilling Applications 7. Multiphase Triple-Probe Flows – Coupled Models for Pressure and Contamination 8. Convergence Acceleration, Batch Processing and Inverse Methods for Permeability Prediction 9. Gas Pumping with Multiprobe Tools 10. Axial Multiprobe, Reservoir Characterization, and Geothermal Issues