Holistic Fracture Diagnostics

Abstract

Abstract Since the introduction of the G-function derivative analysis, pre-frac diagnostic injection tests have become a valuable and commonly used technique. Unfortunately, the technique is frequently misapplied or misinterpreted leading to confusion and misdiagnosis of fracturing parameters. This paper presents a consistent method of analysis of the G-function, its derivatives, and its relationship to other diagnostic techniques including square-root(time) and log(Δpwf)-log(Δt) plots and their appropriate diagnostic derivatives. Actual field test examples are given for the most common diagnostic curve signatures.