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Pressure difference between the current bottom-hole pressure

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 and the bottom-hole pressure 
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 at time moment 
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 when flowrate has changed :

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\delta p (t) = p_{wf}(t_0) - p_{wf}(t)


Pressure drop is is:

positive

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when production rate is increased or injection rate is decreased 

negative

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body \delta p (t) <0

when production rate is decreased or injection rate is increased

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On log-log plots the pressure drop is always pictured as positive (see Fig. 1).


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Fig. 1.

A sample

Example of

typical DTR (

pressure drop P (in blue

and log-derivative P' in red) presented in log-log plot for PTA type-library analysis

) derived from them BHP data records (Fig. 2) and presented at log-log plot

Fig. 2. A source BHP data records which lead to a pressure drop on Fig. 1



In particular case when the well has been shut-in for a long time and bottom-hole pressure has stabilised by the time moment

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 and when well is opened for flow the pressure drop will be equal to pressure drawdown:

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{\rm pressure } \, \, {\rm drop} = \delta p (t) = p_{wf}(t_0) - p_{wf}(t) = p_e - p_{wf}(t) = \Delta p(t) = {\rm pressure } \, \, {\rm drawdown}

as the initial bottom-hole pressure value 

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represents formation pressure 
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: 

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p_{wf}(t_0)

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Also

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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Well Testing / Pressure Testing / Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA) /  PTA Diagnostic Plot

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