GasWellLoading.

xls
This spreadsheet calculates the minimum unloading gas production rate.
Instructions:
1) Update input data in blue;
2) Run Macro "Solution";
3) Veiw result.

Input Data:
Gas specific gravity
Hole inclination
Producing depth
Wellhead pressure
Wellhead temperature
Producing zone temperature
Condensate gravity
Condensate make
Water specific gravity
Water make
Solid specific gravity
Solid make
Conduit OD
Conduit ID
Conduit wall roughness
Major liquid (1=water; -1=condensate)
Heavy liquid-gas interfacial tension
Heavy liquid density

0.6
0
6700
500
60
127
70.8
0
1.08
10.5
2.65
0
1.995
0
0.000015
1
60
67.39

air =1
Deg
ft
psi
o
F
o
F
API
bbl/MMscf
water = 1
bbl/MMscf
water = 1
ft3/MMscf
inch
inch
inch
dyne/cm
lb/ft3

0
72000
520
587
0.53764259
0
8.67449828
0
0.16625
0
0.00000125

60 for water and 20 for condensat

Should be determined based on F

Calculated Parameters:
Hydraulic diameter
Conduit cross-sectional area
Average temperature
Minimum kinetic energy

0.1663 ft
2
0.0217 ft
o
553.5 R
3
3.6627 lbf-ft/ft

a=
b=
c=
d=
e=
f =
m=
n=

2.21319E-05
2.61599E-08
993081.767
0.025982888
0.000721177
0.007714093
18.60862817
711232734

Solution:

1.1259E+11
826 Mscf/day
590 psia
-0.000191102

Gas production rate

Pressure (P) =
Objective function f(Qg) =

b
n bm 2
c
n

tan

826142.693
84922.6064

Pm

tan
n

Phf m

bP Phf

1 2bm P m n
ln
2
Phf m2 n

P-Phf =
P+m =
Phf+m =
sqrt (n) =
(1-2bm)/2 =
m+bn/c-bm2 =
RHS =

b
n bm 2
c
n

12922.60644
84941.21507
72018.60863
26668.947
0.499999513
18.60863785
0.148284131

tan

Pm

tan
n

Phf m

Rad
lbf/ft2
R
o
R
water = 1
bbl/day
o

bbl/day
ft3/day
ft
ft
ft

60 for water and 20 for condensate.

Should be determined based on F14 or H12 !

m
tan
n

Ekm 0.0576 L
a

15.33SsQs 86.07SwQw 86.07SoQo 0.01879S g Qg

TQg
0.2456 Qs 1.379 Qw 1.379 Qo
b
TQ g

4.712 10 5 TQ g

A
cde
m
1 d 2e

scf/day
lbf/ft2

Phf m

Q 5.615Qw Qo
d s
86400A

c 2e

1 d e
2

3
573.7102 ft /min

P 6.46 10

cos( )

13

2
S g TQgm

A 2 Ekm

1
f

2
1.74 2 log

DH

f
2 gDH cos( )

m
tan
n

P 6.46 10
1

13

Phf m

a 1 d 2 e L
n

2
S g TQgm

A 2 Ekm

Test Flow Rate (Mcf/D)

12000
10000
8000
6000
4000

Unloaded
?

Nearly loaded up

2000

Loaded up
Questionable

0
0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

Calculated Minimum Flow Rate (Mcf/D)

12000

Test Flow Rate (Mcf/D)

12000
10000
8000
6000
4000

Unloaded
?

Nearly loaded up

2000

Loaded up
Questionable

0
0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

Calculated Minimum Flow Rate (Mcf/D)

12000

Turner's
Drop Model
(Mcf/D)

Test
No.

779
583
306
661
419
958
1158
2401
2395
1600
1610
1901
1654
1941
936
3757
3233
5902
6015
3412
5671
5559
5485
5212
3199
1239
1407
1467
1502
1770
1732
1705
1659
851
814
750
686
875
859
832
803
1216
1176
1070
918
834
817
770

1
2
3
4
5
97
8
11
12
14
18
20
23
28
30
33
36
42
45
55
51
48
52
53
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79

Turner's
Test Gas
Drop Model
Flow Rate Status During Test
(Adjusted)
(Mcf/D)
(Mcf/D)
775
Nearly loaded up
934.8
417
Nearly loaded up
699.6
568
Nearly loaded up
367.2
712
Nearly loaded up
793.2
442
Nearly loaded up
502.8
1607
Nearly loaded up
1149.6
2494
Questionable
1389.6
3264
Questionable
2881.2
4095
Questionable
2874
2915
Questionable
1920
2503
Questionable
1932
2069
Questionable
2281.2
3182
Questionable
1984.8
4896
Questionable
2329.2
1116
Questionable
1123.2
6405
Questionable
4508.4
3551
Questionable
3879.6
9039
Questionable
7082.4
8210
Questionable
7218
4998
Questionable
4094.4
8057
Questionable
6805.2
8406
Questionable
6670.8
9860
Unloaded
6582
11767
Unloaded
6254.4
6423
Unloaded
3838.8
8672
Unloaded
1486.8
6654
Unloaded
1688.4
5136
Unloaded
1760.4
3917
Unloaded
1802.4
3376
Unloaded
2124
4830
Unloaded
2078.4
6221
Unloaded
2046
7792
Unloaded
1990.8
1139
Unloaded
1021.2
1712
Unloaded
976.8
2473
Unloaded
900
2965
Unloaded
823.2
1797
Unloaded
1050
2502
Unloaded
1030.8
3460
Unloaded
998.4
4439
Unloaded
963.6
1596
Unloaded
1459.2
2423
Unloaded
1411.2
3598
Unloaded
1284
4410
Unloaded
1101.6
2939
Unloaded
1000.8
4140
Unloaded
980.4
5820
Unloaded
924

This
Work
(Mcf/D)
961
744
591
861
514
1327
1543
3366
3359
2241
2226
1548
2239
3222
1153
4896
3664
7947
8001
4611
7341
7314
7157
6795
4327
1404
1612
1704
1758
2345
2316
2282
2231
892
967
893
820
1011
1003
982
953
1499
1436
1297
1123
1006
982
935

746
899
833
755
683
1082
1058
1026
996
941
856
5098
1150
1142
1085
1574
1082
1648
1569
1930
910
3747
3195
4649
5857
5957
5535
5580
5931
3281
3767
1604
1956
1660
1623
1108
1635
5045
1148
1099
1197
1419
1156
5093
5923
6186
6359
2184
1726
6367
2083
3248

80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
7
9
16
19
21
24
26
29
31
34
37
40
43
46
49
47
41
35
32
25
27
22
17
15
13
92
93
94
95
96
6
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106

6871
1943
2910
3742
4485
3436
4471
1550
1804
2385
2949
3024
2926
3726
2572
3351
2769
3890
3517
6946
1959
7504
4150
5513
9897
9289
9747
7109
8185
3009
5501
2547
3472
2542
2261
1792
1814
3863
1247
1313
1356
1365
1525
5740
3890
2780
1638
400
800
4300
500
470

Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Unloaded
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up

895.2
1078.8
999.6
906
819.6
1298.4
1269.6
1231.2
1195.2
1129.2
1027.2
6117.6
1380
1370.4
1302
1888.8
1298.4
1977.6
1882.8
2316
1092
4496.4
3834
5578.8
7028.4
7148.4
6642
6696
7117.2
3937.2
4520.4
1924.8
2347.2
1992
1947.6
1329.6
1962
6054
1377.6
1318.8
1436.4
1702.8
1387.2
6111.6
7107.6
7423.2
7630.8
2620.8
2071.2
7640.4
2499.6
3897.6

895
1433
1333
1213
1099
1267
1247
1243
1208
1140
1034
6476
1458
1520
1532
2175
1527
2231
2038
3109
1126
4890
3627
5931
7896
7921
7290
7335
7988
3711
4904
2100
3274
2243
2256
1540
2307
6332
1588
1577
1619
1868
1494
5938
6871
7166
7357
2338
2242
7975
2906
4406

2412
4920
4793
6082
5641
3613

10
38
39
44
50
54

2611
4441
4843
6702
6361
4124

Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up
Loaded up

2894.4
5904
5751.6
7298.4
6769.2
4335.6

3388
6262
6106
8093
7303
4885