158 / 743
Dynamic Data Analysis – v5.12.01 - © KAPPA 1988-2017
Chapte
r 4 – R ate Transient Analysis (RTA)- p158/743
4.E.9
Reporting Guidelines
A typical analysis report will be split into two components: the ‘mechanical’ part, basically the
result tables and plots generated, directly or indirectly, by the Rate Transient Analysis
package, and the ‘verbose’ part, where the engineer will report the objectives, the operations,
the analysis, his confidence in the results and forecast, and possible recommendations for
stimulation, workover and continued or future measurements and equipment to use.
Typically, professional analysis reports are generated with two possible set-ups:
A header document, from a word processor, with some ‘copy-paste’ of plots and results
from the RTA software, but with most of the ‘mechanical’ report delivered as an annex,
An integrated document, typically from a word processor, where some plots and tables are
dynamically connected to the RTA software using some OLE or COM automations. The
advantage of this solution is that it is much more flexible. Once a model template has been
defined, the reporting process will get shorter and shorter from one analysis to the next.