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A group of methods assessing the productivity index (J) of a well.

The direct methods (called J-plots) assume that both drain-area formation pressure and bottomhole pressure data is available, at least in select time moments:


Comprehensive comparison of various J-plots can be found here.


In case the drain-area formation pressure is not available the value of Productivity Index can be estimated from:



See Also


Petroleum Industry / Upstream /  Production / Subsurface Production / Field Study & Modelling / Production Analysis 

J-plots ] [ t-weighted J-plot ] [ q-weighted J-plot ] [ Hall Plot ]

Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR) ] [ Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA) ] [ Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) ] [ Pressure Deconvolution (DCV) ] [ Capacitance Resistance Model (CRM) ]

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