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p_e = p_{wf}(t_e) \bigg|_{q = 0}


This definition is based on the practical observation of wellbore pressure in shut-in wells for well intervention purposes.

It is the simplest and the most popular definition of formation pressure and is widely used in all upstream industry applications.

The definition of shut-in time

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is specific to each field or sometimes field area depending on the rock properties and the past well intervention experience.

Some conventions are to pick

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at the end of the radial flow, as the most common number from the past pressure tests, which makes this definition close (but still not equal) to the
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