100 200 300 400 500 600 700

1,000

2,000
Depth (ft)

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

Pressure (psia)
 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50
0

200

400

600
Depth (m)

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

Pressure (MPa)
GasLiftValveSpacing.xls

Description: This spreadsheet calculates depths of gas lift valves with constant surface opening pressure method.

Instruction: 1) Select a unit system; 2) Update parameter values in the Input Data section; 3) Click "Slotion" button;
and 4) View result in the Solution section and charts.

Input Data 1
Depth of tubing shoe (D): 5000 ft 1900.00
Tubing inner diameter (dti): 2.259 in. 0.0574
Oil gravity (API): 26 oAPI 0.80
Oil viscosity (cp): 2 cp 0.0020
Total GLR (GLR): 1967 scf/bbl 214
Gas specific gravity (g): 0.65 air =1 0.709
Flowing tubing head pressure (phf): 130 psia 0.68
Flowing tubing head temperature (thf): 80 Fo
79.44
Flowing temperature at tubing shoe (twf): 180 Fo
79.44
Liquid production rate (qL): 620 stb/day 95.40
Water cut (WC): 0 % 0
Kick-off pressure (pk,s): 1000 psia 6
Casing injection pressure (pc,s): 800 psia 5
Casing pressure margin: 50 psia 0.3

Depth Tubing Pressure

(ft) (m) (psia)
0 0 130
172 53 144
345 105 158
517 158 171
690 210 185
862 263 199
1,034 315 214
1,207 368 228
1,379 421 243
1,552 473 258
1,724 526 273
1,897 578 288
2,069 631 303
2,241 683 319
2,414 736 335
2,586 788 351
2,759 841 367
2,931 894 383
3,103 946 400
3,276 999 416
3,448 1,051 433
 3,621 1,104 450
3,793 1,156 467
3,966 1,209 484
4,138 1,262 501
4,310 1,314 519
4,483 1,367 536
4,655 1,419 554
4,828 1,472 572
5,000 1,524 590

Average static pressure gradient (Gs): 0.3890 psi/ft 0.0087

Tubing pressure margin at surface (phf,d): 290 psi 1.9728
Design tubing pressure gradient (Gfd): 0.0600 psi/ft 0.0013

Valve Depths:

p k , s pkm p hf
D1=
p k , s pkm = 2,245 ft 684
Gs
40 , 000
p c , s p cm phf , d + ( Gs G fd ) D1
D2=
p c , s pcm = 3,005 ft 916
Gs
40 , 000

p c , s p cm phf , d + ( G s G fd ) D 2
D3= = 3,676 ft 1,121
p c , s pcm
Gs
40 , 000
pc , s p cm phf , d + ( G s G fd ) D 3
D4 =
pc , s p cm = 4,269 ft 1,302
G s
40 , 000
p c , s p cm phf , d + ( G s G fd ) D 4
D5 =
p p cm = 4,794 ft 1,462
G s c , s
40 , 000
p c , s pcm p hf , d + ( G s G fd ) D 5
D6=
pc , s p cm = 5,257 ft 1,603
Gs
40 , 000

p c , s p cm p hf , d + ( G s G fd ) D 6
D7= = 5,667 ft 1,728
pc , s p cm
Gs
40 , 000
 p c , s pcm p hf , d + ( G s G fd ) D 7
D8 =
pc , s p cm = 6,029 ft 1,838
Gs
40 , 000
p c , s pcm p hf , d + ( G s G fd ) D 8
D9 =
pc , s p cm = 6,348 ft 1,935
Gs
40 , 000

pc , s p cm p hf , d + ( G s G fd ) D 9
D 10 =
pc , s p cm = 6,631 ft 2,022
G s
40 , 000
ening pressure method. Kick-off pressure: 1000 psia

3) Click "Slotion" button;

Casing injection pressure: 800 psia

0
m 5,000 ft
m 2.259 in.
S.G. 26 API
o

Pa-s 2 cp
sm /m3 3
1,967 scf/bbl
air =1 0.65 air =1
MPa 130 psia
o
C 80 F
o

o
C 180 F
o

sm /day
3
620 stb/day
% 0 %
MPa 30 dynes/cm
MPa 1.074
MPa 50.00 psia

Tubing Pressure Temp.

(MPa) (oF)
0.88 80
0.98 83
1.07 87
1.17 90
1.26 94
1.36 97
1.45 101
1.55 104
1.65 108
1.75 111
1.86 114
1.96 118
2.06 121
2.17 125
2.28 128
2.39 132
2.50 135
2.61 139
2.72 142
2.83 146
2.94 149
 3.06 152
3.18 156
3.29 159
3.41 163
3.53 166
3.65 170
3.77 173
3.89 177
4.01 180

MPa/m
MPa
MPa/m

m
m

m
 Tpc=169.0+314.0*

Ppc=708.75-57.5*S

a0 -2.462

a1 2.97
a2 -0.2862
Aera = 0.028 ft 2
e= 0.0006 a3 0.008054
S.G. = 0.898 a4 2.808
a5 -3.498
Gas = ### scf/day a6 0.3603
a7 -0.01044
a8 -0.7933
a9 1.396
a10 -0.1491
Liquid= 0.898 S.G. usl = 1.4483985492 ft/s a11 0.00441
qw = 0 bbl/day a12 0.08393
Mass flow rate = 255806.620024 lbm/day a13 -0.1864
Liquid viscosity = 2 cp a14 0.02033
a15 -0.0006095

Ppr Tpr ln (g/1*Tpr) Base Viscosity Gas Viscosity t=1/Tpr A B

(cp) (cp)
0.19 1.45 0.245807 0.010599 0.009363 0.69092593 0.037736 7.0495
0.21 1.46 0.251138 0.010653 0.009462 0.68654188 0.037374 7.0151
0.23 1.47 0.256468 0.010707 0.009561 0.68221311 0.037017 6.9812
0.26 1.48 0.261788 0.010761 0.009660 0.6779386 0.036664 6.9477
0.28 1.48 0.267153 0.010816 0.009761 0.67371731 0.036316 6.9146
0.30 1.49 0.272600 0.010870 0.009864 0.66954827 0.035973 6.8819
0.32 1.50 0.278112 0.010924 0.009968 0.6654305 0.035635 6.8496
0.34 1.51 0.283657 0.010979 0.010073 0.66136308 0.035301 6.8176
0.36 1.52 0.289231 0.011033 0.010180 0.65734508 0.034971 6.7860
0.38 1.53 0.294855 0.011087 0.010288 0.6533756 0.034646 6.7548
0.41 1.54 0.300533 0.011142 0.010397 0.64945378 0.034325 6.7239
0.43 1.55 0.306282 0.011196 0.010508 0.64557876 0.034009 6.6933
0.45 1.56 0.312101 0.011250 0.010620 0.6417497 0.033697 6.6631
0.48 1.57 0.317967 0.011305 0.010734 0.6379658 0.033388 6.6333
0.50 1.58 0.323881 0.011359 0.010850 0.63422626 0.033085 6.6037
0.52 1.59 0.329840 0.011413 0.010967 0.6305303 0.032785 6.5745
0.55 1.60 0.335841 0.011468 0.011085 0.62687717 0.032489 6.5455
0.57 1.60 0.341886 0.011522 0.011206 0.62326613 0.032197 6.5169
0.60 1.61 0.347971 0.011576 0.011327 0.61969645 0.031909 6.4886
0.62 1.62 0.354096 0.011630 0.011450 0.61616743 0.031625 6.4606
0.64 1.63 0.360261 0.011685 0.011575 0.61267837 0.031344 6.4328
0.67 1.64 0.366463 0.011739 0.011701 0.6092286 0.031067 6.4053
0.70 1.65 0.372701 0.011793 0.011829 0.60581747 0.030794 6.3781
0.72 1.66 0.378976 0.011848 0.011958 0.60244432 0.030525 6.3512
0.75 1.67 0.385286 0.011902 0.012089 0.59910853 0.030259 6.3246
0.77 1.68 0.391629 0.011956 0.012221 0.59580947 0.029997 6.2982
0.80 1.69 0.398005 0.012011 0.012355 0.59254655 0.029738 6.2720
0.83 1.70 0.404413 0.012065 0.012491 0.58931917 0.029482 6.2461
0.85 1.71 0.410852 0.012119 0.012628 0.58612676 0.02923 6.2205
0.88 1.72 0.417321 0.012174 0.012767 0.58296875 0.028981 6.1951
 = 373.1 R
o

= 671.245 psia

Interfacial tension ( 30 dynes/cm 0.030 N/m

Specific gravity of water (w):
1.074 1.076

C D Y F z usg um Nvl Nvg

(ft/s) (ft/s)
-38.97 4.1284 0.0075 -7E-006 0.978764 58.31564 59.76404 3.28191 132.1368
-38.17 4.1160 0.0074 -0.000754 1.079962 58.55992 60.00832 3.28191 132.6903
-37.38 4.1038 0.0079 -0.000978 1.101068 54.82605 56.27445 3.28191 124.2297
-36.62 4.0918 0.0092 -0.00041 1.018378 46.91983 48.36822 3.28191 106.3151
-35.86 4.0799 0.0102 -0.000125 0.983634 42.17145 43.61985 3.28191 95.55582
-35.12 4.0681 0.0110 -9E-006 0.970297 38.88076 40.32916 3.28191 88.09948
-34.40 4.0565 0.0114 -0.000271 0.992428 37.31979 38.76819 3.28191 84.5625
-33.69 4.0450 0.0118 -0.00056 1.015389 35.97567 37.42407 3.28191 81.51686
-32.99 4.0337 0.0125 -0.000579 1.01308 33.93885 35.38725 3.28191 76.90165
-32.31 4.0225 0.0132 -0.000543 1.006359 31.97112 33.41952 3.28191 72.443
-31.64 4.0115 0.0142 -0.000274 0.982628 29.68082 31.12922 3.28191 67.25344
-30.98 4.0005 0.0152 -5E-006 0.961694 27.67938 29.12778 3.28191 62.7184
-30.34 3.9897 0.0159 -3E-006 0.96042 26.3929 27.8413 3.28191 59.80337
-29.70 3.9791 0.0166 1.87E-005 0.957926 25.18524 26.63364 3.28191 57.06695
-29.08 3.9685 0.0172 1.65E-005 0.957042 24.11778 25.56617 3.28191 54.6482
-28.47 3.9581 0.0179 1.40E-005 0.956212 23.13667 24.58507 3.28191 52.42512
-27.88 3.9478 0.0186 1.12E-005 0.955439 22.23212 23.68052 3.28191 50.3755
-27.29 3.9376 0.0192 8.07E-006 0.954721 21.39574 22.84414 3.28191 48.48036
-26.71 3.9275 0.0199 4.54E-006 0.954058 20.62033 22.06872 3.28191 46.72336
-26.15 3.9176 0.0206 4.30E-006 0.953263 19.89572 21.34412 3.28191 45.08148
-25.59 3.9078 0.0212 -3E-006 0.952869 19.22762 20.67602 3.28191 43.56764
-25.05 3.8980 0.0219 -5E-006 0.952253 18.59854 20.04693 3.28191 42.14221
-24.52 3.8884 0.0225 -8E-006 0.951711 18.01037 19.45877 3.28191 40.80949
-23.99 3.8789 0.0231 -1E-005 0.951133 17.45745 18.90584 3.28191 39.55663
-23.48 3.8695 0.0238 -1E-005 0.950548 16.93716 18.38556 3.28191 38.37772
-22.97 3.8602 0.0244 -1E-005 0.950067 16.44868 17.89708 3.28191 37.27088
-22.47 3.8510 0.0250 -8E-006 0.949385 15.98423 17.43263 3.28191 36.21848
-21.99 3.8419 0.0256 -1E-005 0.949086 15.55141 16.99981 3.28191 35.23776
-21.51 3.8329 0.0263 -2E-005 0.948851 15.14269 16.59109 3.28191 34.31166
-21.04 3.8240 0.0269 -2E-005 0.948678 14.75621 16.20461 3.28191 33.43593
a1 -2.698510E+00 -1.030658E-01
a2 1.584095E-01 6.177740E-01
a3 -5.509976E-01 -6.329460E-01
a4 5.478492E-01 2.959800E-01
a5 -1.219458E-01 -4.010000E-02

N vl p 0. 1 CN L
( )
0 .38
N vg N L
ND NL CNL N 0vg. 575 p st ND yL/
N 2D.14
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000017 0.157571 0.014072
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000017 0.157919 0.014131
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000018 0.160106 0.013230
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000020 0.164934 0.011322
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000021 0.168586 0.010177
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000022 0.171592 0.009383
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000023 0.173349 0.009006
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000023 0.174981 0.008681
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000024 0.177390 0.008190
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000025 0.179914 0.007715
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000027 0.183061 0.007162
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000028 0.186141 0.006679
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000029 0.188414 0.006369
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000030 0.190701 0.006078
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000031 0.192882 0.005820
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000031 0.195024 0.005583
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000032 0.197128 0.005365
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000033 0.199195 0.005163
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000034 0.201226 0.004976
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000035 0.203233 0.004801
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000036 0.205189 0.004640
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000037 0.207126 0.004488
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000037 0.209031 0.004346
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000038 0.210910 0.004213
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000039 0.212763 0.004087
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000040 0.214584 0.003969
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000041 0.216390 0.003857
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000041 0.218151 0.003753
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000042 0.219884 0.003654
31.10501 0.008967 0.002116 0.000043 0.221590 0.003561
 9.116257E-01
-4.821756E+00
1.232250E+03
-2.225358E+04
1.161743E+05
N vg N 0L .38
N 2D.14
Index: Modified: yL NRe f g
(lbm/ft3)
1.000000 0.014072 1.030339 0.1624 111,372 0.005132 0.431652
1.000000 0.014131 1.031398 0.1629 110,091 0.005139 0.429851
1.000000 0.013230 1.015552 0.1626 109,300 0.005144 0.459126
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1641 107,467 0.005154 0.536491
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1678 104,496 0.005171 0.596898
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1708 101,958 0.005186 0.647417
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1725 100,141 0.005198 0.674496
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1741 98,426 0.005209 0.699697
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1765 96,348 0.005222 0.741689
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1790 94,259 0.005237 0.787338
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1822 91,919 0.005253 0.848092
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1852 89,670 0.00527 0.909416
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1875 87,848 0.005284 0.953744
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1898 86,059 0.005298 0.999477
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1919 84,355 0.005312 1.043714
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1941 82,704 0.005326 1.087973
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1962 81,104 0.00534 1.132239
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.1982 79,552 0.005353 1.176499
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2003 78,046 0.005367 1.22074
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2022 76,581 0.005381 1.2652
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2042 75,165 0.005395 1.309162
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2061 73,784 0.005409 1.353443
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2080 72,443 0.005423 1.397643
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2099 71,138 0.005437 1.44191
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2117 69,868 0.005451 1.486203
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2135 68,633 0.005465 1.530339
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2153 67,428 0.005479 1.574806
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2171 66,260 0.005493 1.618636
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2188 65,124 0.005507 1.662324
-1.000000 0.012000 0.995164 0.2205 64,019 0.00552 1.705862
Average dp/dz
(lbm/ft3) (psi/ft)
9.463128 0.079779
9.490884 0.079949
9.499753 0.08001
9.650055 0.080862
9.902121 0.082305
10.10994 0.083509
10.22926 0.084211
10.33999 0.084867
10.50732 0.085855
10.68375 0.086902
10.90655 0.088229
11.12573 0.089544
11.28651 0.090517
11.44898 0.091505
11.60423 0.092454
11.75716 0.093392
11.90783 0.09432
12.05632 0.095238
12.20266 0.096146
12.34763 0.097048
12.48928 0.097932
 12.63 0.098813
12.76871 0.099684
12.9059 0.100548
13.04151 0.101404
13.17512 0.102249
13.30805 0.103092
13.43785 0.103917
13.56586 0.104732
13.69213 0.105538