The initial time interval of the pressure transient during which bottom-hole pressure is dominated by boundary-free reservoir flow, for example IARF (see MTR at Fig. 1)
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Fig. 1. PTA Diagnostic Plot with ETR, MTR and LTR time zones. Pressure drop is in blue and log-derivative is in red. |
In small-volume reservoirs with high permeability the LTR may occur immediately after the ETR.
In some cases the wellbore storage and well-reservoir contact may extend ETR all the way up to LTR.
In these case the MTR may not be observed on PTA Diagnostic Plot.
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