Tight reservoirs present significant challenges in both stimulation effectiveness and post-fracturing well performance. The strong interdependence between hydraulic fracture placement and well test performance is key to assessing fracture efficiency, reservoir deliverability, and long-term production behaviour.

This session will explore the key technical and operational challenges associated with stimulation and well testing in tight reservoirs, including:
• Operational challenges impacting stimulation performance, including high breakdown pressures and proppant placement efficiency
• Delayed pressure stabilisation and prolonged transient flow behaviour affecting hydraulic fracture and reservoir characterisation
• Dynamic WGR/CGR trends during clean-up complicating pressure transient and rate-normalised analysis
• Evaluation of non-Darcy flow effects and fracture-related skin under tight-gas production conditions
• Limitations of production logging and flow diagnostics in low-rate gas wells
• Potential casing deformation and well integrity risks

Through field case studies and integrated workflows, the session will demonstrate how combining stimulation diagnostics, pressure transient analysis, production data, and advanced monitoring techniques can improve fracture evaluation and optimise well performance.

Attendees will gain practical insights into aligning stimulation strategies with well testing objectives to maximise reservoir understanding and enhance tight-gas development outcomes.