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The high time of the well when engineer and personnel comes to decide whether to install the production casing in order to initiate the production at the surface or it should be abandoned. Usually logs are run to determine whether the well is capable of producing commercial quantities of oil or gas. This type of completion is realized when the formation is. For example, many companies stipulate the use of brine as a well test fluid.
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