New Understanding of Transient Pressure Response in the Transition Zone of Oil-Water and Gas-Water Systems

<div>The log-log plot of the pressure response in gas-water reservoir with <svg height="11.9316pt" id="M105" style="vertical-align:-3.2957pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 11.2247 11.9316" width="11.2247pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M600 480C600 590 528 650 384 650H143L137 622C222 614 225 607 210 531L130 127C113 41 106 36 23 28L17 0H294L300 28C204 36 195 42 212 127L243 284L314 263C327 263 339 263 352 264C465 271 600 337 600 480ZM508 481C508 351 402 304 329 304C289 304 265 311 250 317L295 559C302 594 310 606 323 611C335 616 350 619 367 619C455 619 508 573 508 481Z" id="g113-81"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,6.656,3.132)"><path d="M396 114C349 71 317 59 274 59C216 59 123 104 123 241C123 342 180 400 246 400C283 400 317 386 348 359C355 352 361 348 366 348C378 348 401 371 402 394C402 405 398 413 385 424C369 437 337 451 294 451H293C254 451 193 434 141 394C73 342 39 277 39 198C39 90 114 -12 243 -12C303 -12 371 31 415 90L396 114Z" id="g58-97"></path></g></svg> and closed boundary. The pressure derivative with capillary pressure goes up more than that without capillary pressure.</div>

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Figure 18: New Understanding of Transient Pressure Response in the Transition Zone of Oil-Water and Gas-Water Systems 