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    Formation Integrity Test (FIT) and Leak Off Test (LOT)

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    The Formation Integrity Test (FIT) and Leak Off Test (LOT) are conducted to confirm the strength of the cement bond around the casing shoe, ensure no fluid pathways are established, investigate the wellbore's ability to withstand additional pressure below the casing shoe, approximate the fracture gradient, and collect regional formation strength data to optimize future well design. The key difference is that a Leak Off Test is used to find the fracture gradient by intentionally fracturing the formation, while a Formation Integrity Test tests the strength of the formation and shoe without fracturing by pressurizing to a designed pressure.

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    The Formation Integrity Test (FIT) and Leak Off Test (LOT) are conducted to confirm the strength of the cement bond around the casing shoe, ensure no fluid pathways are established, investigate the wellbore's ability to withstand additional pressure below the casing shoe, approximate the fracture gradient, and collect regional formation strength data to optimize future well design. The key difference is that a Leak Off Test is used to find the fracture gradient by intentionally fracturing the formation, while a Formation Integrity Test tests the strength of the formation and shoe without fracturing by pressurizing to a designed pressure.

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    The Formation Integrity Test (FIT) and Leak Off Test (LOT) are conducted to confirm the strength of the cement bond around the casing shoe, ensure no fluid pathways are established, investigate the wellbore's ability to withstand additional pressure below the casing shoe, approximate the fracture gradient, and collect regional formation strength data to optimize future well design. The key difference is that a Leak Off Test is used to find the fracture gradient by intentionally fracturing the formation, while a Formation Integrity Test tests the strength of the formation and shoe without fracturing by pressurizing to a designed pressure.

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    Formation Integrity Test (FIT) and Leak Off Test (LOT)

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    The Formation Integrity Test (FIT) and Leak Off Test (LOT) are conducted to confirm the strength of the cement bond around the casing shoe, ensure no fluid pathways are established, investigate the wellbore's ability to withstand additional pressure below the casing shoe, approximate the fracture gradient, and collect regional formation strength data to optimize future well design. The key difference is that a Leak Off Test is used to find the fracture gradient by intentionally fracturing the formation, while a Formation Integrity Test tests the strength of the formation and shoe without fracturing by pressurizing to a designed pressure.

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    Formation Integrity Test (FIT) and Leak Off Test (LOT)

    This test or experiment is conducted for the following reasons:


    Confirm the strength of the cement bond around the casing shoe and to ensure that no flow path
    is established to formations above the casing shoe or to the previous annulus;
    Investigate the capability of the wellbore to withstand additional pressure below the casing shoe
    (to handle an influx, and to allow safe drilling depth of the next hole section i.e. to determine
    Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure (MAASP)
    Approximate the fracture gradient and collect regional data on formation strength for the
    optimisation of future well design i.e. to create mud and casing program.
    This is also called casing seat test, formation intake test, formation strength test or pressure integrity
    test.
    Difference between LOT and FIT:
    Leak Off Test is conducted in order to find the fracture gradient of certain formation. The results of
    the leak off test also dictate the maximum equivalent mud weight that should be applied to the well
    during drilling operations.
    Formation Integrity Test is the
    method to test strength of formation
    and shoe by increasing Bottom Hole
    Pressure (BHP) to designed
    pressure. FIT is normally conducted
    to ensure that formation below a
    casing shoe will not be broken
    while drilling the next section with
    higher BHP or circulating gas influx
    in a well control situation.
    Normally, drilling engineers in
    office will design how much
    formation integrity test pressure
    required mostly in ppg.
    Thus the main differnence is that in
    LOT formation is broke whereas in
    FIT it is not broken.

    A graph depicts typical LOT.

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