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q_t = \Big[ B_w Y_wW + \Big( \, (B_o - R_s B_g) +  GORY_G \cdot (B_g - R_v B_o) \,  \Big) \cdot (1-Y_wW) \Big] \cdot q_L

where

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G = \

frac{q_W}{q_L}

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Production Water Cut

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GOR

Y_G = \

frac{q_G}{q_O}

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Production Gas-Oil-Ratio = GOR


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titleDerivation

Starting with definition of Total sandface flowrate 

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pageTotal sandface flowrate (qt)
 and substituting the expression of Oil surface flowrateGas surface flowrateWater surface flowrate through Liquid production rate one arrives to 
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q_t = \Big[ B_w Y_wW + \Big( \, (B_o - R_s B_g) + GORY_G \cdot B_g \, \Big) \cdot (1-Y_wW) \Big] \cdot q_L


It simplifies further down to production from
undersaturated reservoir as:

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q_t = B_w \, q_W + B_o \, q_O = \Big[ B_w Y_wW + B_o \cdot (1- Y_wW) \Big] \cdot q_L

and even simpler for single-phase fluid (water, dead oil or dry gas) with  surface flow rate

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 and formation volume factor B as below:

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