Despite of terminological similarity there is a big difference in the way Dynamic Modelling,  Well Flow Performance and Well Testing define formation pressure and productivity index definition and corresponding analysis.

This difference is summarized in the table below:


Formation pressure,

Flow rate,

Producivity Index,

DM

field-average pressure within the 9-cell area

p_{e9, \ i,j} = \frac{1}{9} \sum_{k=i-1}^{i+1} \sum_{l=j-1}^{j+1} p_{k,l}


p_{e9, \ i,j} = \frac{1}{9} ( p_{i,j}
+ p_{i, \, j+1} + p_{i, \, j-1}
+ p_{i-1, \, j} + p_{i-1, \, j}
+ p_{i-1 \, j-1} + p_{i+1, \, j+1}
+ p_{i-1 \, j+1} + p_{i+1, \, j-1} )


phase flowrate at sandface:

(each fluid phase separately)

phase productivity index:


, ,

WFP

field-average pressure within the drainage area

p_r = \frac{1}{A_e} \iint_{A_e} p(x,y,z) dS


surface component flowrate

(each fluid component separately)

and sometimes liquid flowrate

fluid component productivity index:

, ,

and sometimes liquid productivity index:

WT

average pressure value at the boudary of drainage area

p_e = \frac{1}{L_e} \int_0^{L_e} p(x,y,z) dl

where is the boundary of drainage area

total flowrate at sandface:

– for Black Oil

– for Volatile Oil

or pseudo-components of Compositional Model

total multiphase productivity index: