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The portion of the volume of a reservoir drained by a well. In a reservoir drained by multiple wells, the volume ultimately drained by any given well is proportional to that well's production rate: Vi = Vt x qi/qt, where Vi is the drainage volume of Well i, Vt is the entire drainage volume of the reservoir, qi is the production rate from Well i, and qt is the total production rate from the reservoir.