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
| constant productivity index | |
| varying formation pressure at the external reservoir boundary |
and develops a unit slope on PTA diagnostic plot and Material Balance diagnostic plot.
During the PSS regime the formation pressure linearly declines
Steady State (SS) well flow regime