Flowing Bottom Hole Pressure (psia)

5000
4500

Forchheimer

4000

Backpressure

3500

3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
0

500

1000

1500

Gas Production Rate (Mscf/d)

2000

Empirical IPR.xls
This spreadsheet calculates and plots well IPR curve with empirical models.
Instructions:
1) Update data in blue;
2) Run Macro Solution;
3) View results.
Input Data:
Reservoir pressure:
Test point 1, flow rate:
bottom hole pressure:
Test point 2, flow rate:
bottom hole pressure:

4505
1152
3025
1548
1685

psia
Mscf/d
psia
Mscf/d
psia

Solution:
[
m
(

m
(
p
)

B
A

m
(
p
p
)

)
m
(
p
)

m
(
p
)
]

w
f
1
w
f
1

m
(

w
f

2
]
q

B
q
2
2
1

B
q
q

m
(

2
2

m
(

q1
C
[m
(
p
)

m(
p
)

m
(
p

m
(

q1
2

15
239
464
688
913
1137
1362
1586
1811
2035
2260
2484
2709

q
1

2
p wf
1

w
f

w
f
)

2
w
f

w
f

]
q
1

4.05

5012

0.66

0.0264

n
]

q (Mscf/d)
Forchheimer
Backpressure
1704
1709
1701
1706
1693
1698
1679
1683
1660
1663
1634
1637
1603
1605
1566
1567
1523
1522
1472
1471
1415
1412
1349
1346
1274
1272

q
1

q12 q 2 q 22 q1

pwf (psia)

2
q
1

2
2
( p 2 p wf
1 ) Bq1

2
2
2
( p 2 p wf
p wf
1 )q 2 ( p
2 ) q1

q
log 1
q2
n
2
2
p p wf
1

log 2
p p2
wf 2

p 2 pwf2 Aq Bq2
Objective Function
0.000
0.000
0.000
-0.001
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

2933
3158
3382
3607
3831
4056
4280
4505

1190
1094
984
858
712
535
314
0

1189
1095
990
871
734
572
368
0

0.000
0.001
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

2
w
f

Aq Bq2 q C( p 2 pwf2 ) n