Diagnostic Fracture Injection Testing (DFIT)

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Characterizing Reservoir Properties using Diagnostic Fracture Injection Testing (DFIT) was presented at a recent Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) luncheon. A great talk – and a great reservoir diagnostic test – as our example Level 2 eREPORT illustrates: DFIT2 Mini-frac’ Fall-off. But…here in Alberta…as per ERCB Bulletin 2010-38 surface (or acoustic well sounder) data are no longer acceptable for Initial Pressure Gas or Initial Pressure Oil requirements. For compliance with Initial Pressure requirements the...