Well flow regime with constant rate and constant delta pressure between wellbore and formation does not change in time:

q_t(t) = \rm const


\Delta p(t) = | p_e(t) - p_{wf}(t) | = \Delta p = \rm const



The exact solution of diffusion equation for PSS:

p_{wf}(t) = p_e(t) + J^{-1} q_t

where


J = \frac{q_t}{2 \pi \sigma} \left[ \ln \left ( \frac{r_e}{r_w} \right)  +S + 0.75 \right]



constant productivity index


p_e(t) = p_i + \frac{q_t}{ V_{\phi} \, c_t} \ t



varying formation pressure at the external reservoir boundary


and is shown as unit slope on PTA diagnostic plot  and Material Balance diagnostic plot.


During the PSS regime the formation pressure linearly declines