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In other words, the area, where reservoir fluid is moving along the streamlines which either stem from injecting well or end up at producing well.
For a constant-thickness reservoir it can be estimated as:
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A_e = \frac{V_e}{h} |
where
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| drainage volume |
See also
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Physics / Fluid Dynamics / Percolation
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