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q(t)=\frac{q_{i}}{ \, \left[1+b \,cdot D \,cdot t \right]^{\frac{1}{b}}}-1/b}

where

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bodyq_i = q(t=0)

Initial production rate of a well (or groups of wells)


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D=-\frac{1}{q}\frac{dq}{dt}



decline decrement (the higher the

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the stringer is decline)

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body0 \leq b \leq 1

defines the type of decline (see below)

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Arp's model splits into four types based on the value of 

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 coefficient:

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b = 1b = 00 < b < 1


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D=D_{\infty} + \frac{t^{n-1}}{\tau^{n}}



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q(t)=q_{i} \exp \big [ -D \, t \big ]



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q(t)=\frac{q_{i}
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q(t)=\frac{q_{i}}{[1+b \, D \, t]
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^{\frac{1}{b}}}



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q(t)=
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q_{i} \exp \big [ -D_{\infty}t- \bigg(\frac{t}{
D
\tau}
\ln (
 \bigg)^{n} \big]



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Q(t)=\frac{q_{i}
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)Hyperbolicb = 0..1
{D}



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Q(t)=\frac{q_{i}}{
[1+b \, D \, t]^{
D}\ln (\frac{
1}
q_{
b
i}}{q(t)})



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Q(t)=\frac{q_{i}}{D \, (1-b)}(q_{i}^{1-b}-q(t)^{1-b})
Power Loss
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D=D_{\infty} + \frac{t^{n-1}}{\tau^{n}}
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q(t)=q_{i} \exp \big [ -D_{\infty}t- \bigg(\frac{t}{\tau} \bigg)^{n} \big]





Exponential decline has a clear physical meaning of pseudo=-steady state production with finite drainage volume.

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