One of the  Productivity Index diagnostics methods based on plotting pressure integral  vs cumulatives 

where

production/injection time

total sandface flowrate as function of time 

drain-area formation pressure as function of time 

bottomhole pressure  as function of time 


It shows unit slope on log-log plot for stabilized reservoir flow:

G(t) = J^{-1} Q_t(t)

where

constant productivity index


In case pressure data is available for a fair interpolation it is recommended to plot sandface cumulatives rather than surface which provides better linearity with pressure integral for Steady-State flow.


Although it is equally applicable to producers and injectors, due to lack of BHP and formation pressure data availability for producers in most practical cases in the past the Hall plot analysis was mostly applied for water injectors.


The pressure integral  is usually calculated over interpolated values of formation pressure and bottomhole pressure :

G(t) = \int_0^t \left( p_{wf}(\tau) - p_e(\tau) \right) d\tau = \sum_k \left( p_{wf}(\tau_k) - p_e(\tau_k) \right) \delta \tau_k 




See Also


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