This paper summarizes recent advances in our understanding of layered reservoirs. Procedures to combine pressure and rate data to determine the flow capacity, skin factor, and average pressure of a given layer are documented. Concerns pertaining to stimulation are addressed.

Keywords:
upstream oil & gas, reservoir, layer 1, layer skin factor, layered reservoir, wellbore, drillstem/well testing, dimensionless time, reservoir pressure, depletion
Subjects:
Drillstem/well testing, Evaluation of uncertainties, Flow in porous media, Formation Evaluation & Management, Hydraulic Fracturing, Naturally-fractured reservoirs, Pressure transient analysis, Reserves Evaluation, Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir Fluid Dynamics
Copyright 1989, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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