HELP: Drill Stem Test (DST)
Data Entry & Quantitative Analysis Tool

Select a button from the following list to view Help pages.

Search & Read Drill Stem Test (DST) Data

Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) Data

Load Kansas Well Information

Load Trilobite Drill Stem Test Data

PC ( ASCII Data Files)

Load Previous DST Session
Log ASCII Standard (LAS) File, versions 2.0 & 3.0

Digitize Shut In Pressure vs. Time Plot Data

Digitizer Control & Plot Dialogs

The Digitizer was set up as a 7 step process. The following web pages will walk the user through each step to load a DST Pressure vs. Time Plot into the digitizer dialog. To set the data collection areas and to digitize and normalize the shut in pressure temperature and time data for the Horner Plot & quantitative analysis dialog.

Note: The DST Pressure vs. Time must be a PNG (Portable Network Graphics), JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) or GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) image file.

Step 1 Loading DST Pressure vs. Time Plot Image.
NOTE: Must be a PNG (Portable Network Graphics), JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) or GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) image file.
Step 2 Check data axis orientation - Time is horizontal axis and Temperature and Pressure are vertical axis, which is the default radio buttons selection in the "(2) Set the Axis Direction" Panel.
Step 3 Set Minimum & Maximum Capture Areas - This step sets up the digitizer capture area to compute the Pressure-Temperature-Time digitized data values.
Step 4 Add Pressure Summary Data - This step allows the user to enter Pressure-Temperature-Time Data that will allow the user to measure the "goodness" of the capture areas.
Step 5 Digitize Data - This step allows the user to enter each shut in curve into the program.
Step 6 Normalize Data - Compute the Pressure-Temperature-Time Data at specific Time spacing.
Step 7 Transfer Data - Move the Pressure-Temperature-Time Data to the DST Data Entry Dialog.

Drill Stem Test Data Entry

Drill Stem Test (DST) Control Dialog

Drill Stem Test Date Entry Panels

Drill Stem Test Shut In Pressure Data Panel

Horner Plot & Quantitative Analysis Dialog

Horner Plot & Quantitative Analysis for Fluid DST

Horner Plot & Quantitative Analysis for Gas DST

Creating a Horner Plot PDF Document

Saving Drill Stem Test (DST) Session

Save Drill Stem Test (DST) Data in a Log ASCII Standard (LAS) File, version 3.0

Author: John R. Victorine jvictor@kgs.ku.edu