Neftyanaya Provintsiya
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Neftyanaya provintsiya No. 2(46), 2026

An approach to derivation of several important formulas of subsurface fluid mechanics

A.V. Nasybullin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2026.2.141-155

Abstract


The article demonstrates one of the possible approaches for deriving three important formulas of reservoir engineering: flow rate, front coordinates and time of complete flooding during piston displacement, Hawkins' formula for the skin factor, and Borisov's formula for the flow rate of a horizontal well.

Key words:

reservoir engineering, piston displacement, skin factor, radial inflow, steady-state inflow, Dupuis formula, Hawkins formula, Borisov formula, Joshi formula

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Authors

A.V. Nasybullin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department "Development and Exploitation of Oil and Gas Fields", 

Almetyevsk State Technological University – Higher School of Petroleum
186A Sovetskaya St., Almetyevsk, 423462, Russian Federation
E-mail: arsval@bk.ru

For citation:

A.V. Nasybullin Ob odnom priyeme dlya vyvoda neskol'kikh vazhnykh formul podzemnoy gidromekhaniki [An approach to derivation of several important formulas of subsurface fluid mechanics]. Neftyanaya Provintsiya, No. 2(46), 2026. pp. 141-155. DOI https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2026.2.141-155. EDN GPIAHS (in Russian)

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