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A boundary dominated Reservoir flow around the well with well productivity index is not changing over time.:

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J(t) = J = \rm const

There should be no confusion between stabilised reservoir flow and constant-rate production.

Constant-rate production may not represent stabilised reservoir flow as productivity index maybe still in transition after the last rate change.

On the other hand, a stabilised reservoir flow may go through a gradually changing flow rate due to formation pressure change with productivity index staying constant.


The WFP methods are not applicable if the well flow is not stabilised even if the flow rate is maintained constant. 

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There are two special reservoir flow regimes which are both stabilised and maintain constant flow rate:  steady state regime

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The steady state regime Steady State flow regime (SS)  regime is  is reached when the flow is stabilised with the full pressure support at the external boundary.


The pseudoPseudo-steady state State flow regime (PSS) regime is  is reached when the flow is stabilised  with  with no pressure support at the external boundary.


In both above cases, the drawdown and flow rate will stay constant upon productivity stabilisation.


As for formation The formation pressure 

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and bottom-hole pressure pressure 
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in PSS they will be synchronously varying while in SS they will be staying constant.


The table below is summarizing summarising the major differences between SS and PSS regimes.

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It's again important to avoid confusion between the termines stationary conditions (which mean that refered term:

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  • changing in time

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See Also

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Physics / Mechanics / Continuum mechanics / Fluid Mechanics / Fluid Dynamics