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t^*(t) = \mu_(p_{ref}) \cdot c_t(p_{ref}) \cdot \tau(t) = \mu_(p_{ref}) \cdot c_t(p_{ref}) \cdot \int_0^t \frac{dt}{\mu(p) \, c_t(p)} 

where

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body--uriencoded--p_%7Bref%7D

reference pressure

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body\tau(t)

pseudo-time  at time moment 

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bodyt

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body\mu(p)

dynamic fluid viscosity

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bodyc_t(p)

total compressibility

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bodyp(t)

bottom-hole pressure or field average formation pressure as function of time (see below)


It is widely used in Pressure Diffusion @model and transient data analysis (PTARTA ) of strongly compressible fluids.

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The usual practise is to select 

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body--uriencoded--p_%7Bref%7D = p(t=0)
 as the bottom-hole pressure at initial time moment.

Selection of 

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bodyp(t)
 depends on objectives.

In Pressure Build Up (PBU) survey the 

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bodyp(t)
 is calculated as sandface bottom-hole pressure
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body--uriencoded--p(t) = p_%7Bwf%7D(t)
.

In Drawdown survey (DD) survey the 

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bodyp(t)
 is calculated as field-average formation pressure
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bodyp(t) = p_r(t)
.

In case the  Normalized Pseudo-Time is used to linearize the Pressure Diffusion equation the choice of reference pressure is not going to affect the solution.

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