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Ratio of field-wide oil production rate  q_O to field-wide water injection rate  q_{WI}:

(1) {\rm PIR} = \frac{q^{\uparrow}_O}{q^{\downarrow}_{WI}}


It measures how efficiently waterflood supports the oil production and represent one of the key Waterflood Diagnostics.


The PIR can be related to the current IVRR as:

(2) {\rm PIR}= \frac{1}{\rm IVRR} \cdot \frac{1-Y_w}{Y_w + (1-Y_w) \, \left[ \frac{B_o}{B_w} + \frac{B_g}{B_w} \, ( {\rm GOR} - R_s) \right] }

(see  (Instantaneous Voidage Replacement Ratio = IVRR:3) for derivation)

See Also


Petroleum Industry / Upstream /  Production / Subsurface Production / Field Study & Modelling /  Production Analysis / Waterflood Diagnostics


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