PlungerLift.

xls
Description: This spreadsheet calculates plunger lift operating range.
Instruction: 1) Select a unit system; 2) Click "Slotion" button; and 3) View result in
the Solution section.

Input Data: Select a unit system: 1

Line pressure: 100 psia 0.7 MPa
Depth to plunger: 7,000 ft 2000 m
Tubing, ID: 1.995 in. 5 cm
Tubing, OD: 2.375 in. 8 cm
Casing, ID: 4.56 in. 14 cm
Liquid gradient: 0.45 psi/ft 0.01 MPa/m
Plunger weight: 10 lbs 4.5 kg
Surface temperature: 100 o
F 40 oC
Bottom hole temperature: 180 o
F 70 oC
Plunger falling velocity in gas: 750 ft/min 200 m/min
Plunger falling velocity in liquid: 150 ft/min 40 m/min
Plunger rising velocity: 1,000 ft/min 300 m/min
Gas specific gravity: 0.7 air = 1 0.7 air = 1
(Plh+ Plf ) value: 165 psi/bbl sl 7 MPa/m3
K value: 33,500 ft 10000 m

Tubing inner cross-sectional area (At) = 3.12 in.2 20.16 cm2

Annulus cross-sectional area (Aa) = 11.90 in.2 76.74 cm3
Plunger-weight pressure (Pp) = 3.20 psi 0.021773 MPa
Slippage factor (Fgs) = 1.14 1.14
Tubing inner capacity (L) = 258.80 ft/bbl 496.233 m/m3
The average temperature (Tavg) = 600 o
R 329 o
K

Vslug PCmin PCmax PCavg Vt

Z
(bbl) (psia) (psia) (psia) (Mcf)
0.05 153 193 173 1.0060 0.1516
0.10 162 205 184 1.0046 0.1513
0.25 192 243 218 0.9995 0.1505
0.50 242 306 274 0.9908 0.1491
You can change Vslug values here and
1.00 342 432 387 0.9782 0.1463
click solution botton again:
2.00 541 684 613 0.9485 0.1406
3.00 741 936 838 0.9125 0.1350
4.00 940 1,187 1,064 0.9102 0.1294
You can change Vslug values here and
click solution botton again:

5.00 1,140 1,439 1,290 0.8882 0.1238

Vslug PCmin PCmax PCavg Vt

Z
(m3) (MPa) (MPa) (MPa) (m3)
0.01 1.04 1.31 1.17 1.0060 4.2960
0.02 1.11 1.40 1.25 1.0046 4.2881
0.04 1.31 1.65 1.48 0.9995 4.2642
0.08 1.65 2.08 1.86 0.9908 4.2244
0.16 2.33 2.94 2.63 0.9782 4.1449
0.32 3.68 4.65 4.17 0.9485 3.9857
0.48 5.04 6.36 5.70 0.9125 3.8266
0.64 6.40 8.08 7.24 0.9102 3.6675
0.80 7.75 9.79 8.77 0.8882 3.5084
 Don't change data in red!

For z in well:
Tpc=169.0+314.0*SGFG
Ppc=708.75-57.5*SGFG
Tpr=(T+460.0)/Tpc
t=1/Tpr

A=0.06125*t*EXP(-1.2*(1.-t**2)
B=t*(14.76-9.76*t+4.58*t*t)
C=t*(90.7-242.2*t+42.4*t*t)
D=2.18+2.82*t

Vg NCmax qLmax GLRmin Ppr=p/Ppc

(Mscf) (cyc/day) (bbl/day) (Mscf/bbl)
1.83 88 4.4 36.70 0.2581535024
1.95 87 8.7 19.54 0.2750362184
2.31 86 21.6 9.25 0.3256843666
2.91 85 42.3 5.82 0.4100979468
4.08 81 81.3 4.08 0.5789251073
6.41 75 150.8 3.21 0.9165794283
8.75 70 211.0 2.92 1.2542337493
10.67 66 263.6 2.67 1.5918880703
12.68 62 309.9 2.54 1.9295423913

Vg NCmax qLmax GLRmin

(sm3) (cyc/day) (m3/day) (sm3/m3)
Pc min = [ P p +14 . 7+
51.99 88 0.7 6,540
55.37
65.53
87
86
1.4
3.4
3,482
1,649
Pc max = Pc min
(
82.46 85 6.7 1,037
115.70 81 12.9 728 37 . 14 F gs P
181.66 75 24.0 571 V g=
248.06 70 33.5 520 Z ( T avg +
302.51 66 41.9 476
1440
359.46 62 49.3 452 N C max=
D D
+
Vr
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1 0
100.00 psia
7,000.00 ft
2.00 in.
= 388.8 R
o
2.38 in.
= 668.36 psia 4.56 in.
= 1.5432 0.45 psi/ft
= 0.6480 10.00 lbs
132.00 oF
212.00 oF
= 0.0342 750.00 ft/min
= 6.7124 150.00 ft/min
= -31.39 1,000.00 ft/min
= 4.0074 0.70 air = 1
165.00 psi/bbl slug
33,500.00 ft

F=-A*Ppr+(Y+Y*Y+Y**3-Y**4)/(1.-Y)**3-B*Y*Y+C*Y**D

Y= F=

0.0088 -0.0002549
0.0094 -0.0002728
0.0111 -0.0003176
0.0142 -0.000386
0.0202 -0.0005891
0.0331 -0.0009139
0.0470 -0.0008988
0.0598 -0.0023354
 0.0743 -0.0028864

A +A
(
Pc min = [ P p +14 . 7+ P t + ( P lh + P lf )×V slug ] 1+
K )
Pc max = Pc min
( a
A
a
t
) Pc avg = Pc min
(
1+
A
2A
t
a )
37 . 14 F gs Pc avg V t
V g= Vt= A t ( D −V slug L )
Z ( T avg +460 )
1440
N C max=
D D−V slug L V slug L
+ +
Vr V fg V fl