Wireline Formation Testing and Well Deliverability

• Understanding basic flow theory as it applies to well
  deliverability
• Testing of unconventional resources and after fracturing
  operations
• Using rate-time decline curves for reserve estimation and
  production forecasting
• The principles of wireline formation testing (WFT)

• Reservoir engineers aiming to improve formation evaluation techniques
• Petrophysicists and formation evaluation specialists working with wireline data
• Exploration & production professionals involved in reservoir analysis and planning
• R&D teams developing or refining wireline testing tools and interpretation methods
• Graduate students in petroleum engineering seeking a deeper understanding of formation testing

George Stewart, Ph.D., has more than 40 years of experience
in well test analysis and reservoir engineering. He currently serves as chief
reservoir engineer for Weatherford International, having joined the company in
2005, and as an adjunct professor of petroleum engineering at Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh. He has held several roles at the latter’s Institute of
Petroleum Engineering since its inception in 1975, including senior lecturer
(1975–1978) and professor and department head (1982–1987), in addition to
adjunct professor (1987–present). His specific research interests include
pressure transient analysis, wireline formation testing, and testing of
unconventional gas reservoirs.

Outside of his academic pursuits, Dr. Stewart founded
Edinburgh Petroleum Services (EPS) Ltd.—a provider of consulting services,
production engineering and well test analysis software, and training to the
petroleum industry—in 1984. He remained with EPS until 2004, when the firm was
acquired by Weatherford. He has also authored numerous technical papers, spoken
at industry conferences and seminars throughout the world, and acted as an independent
consultant to several major oil and gas companies. Dr. Stewart holds a B.Sc. in
chemical engineering from the University of Edinburgh and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering
from Newcastle University.