Petroleum 

Production Technology‐
Tutorial.1
Inflow Relation for Gas wells

By : 
Dr. Dhifaf Jaafar Sadeq

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 Problem.1
• Assume that a cylindrical reservoir with radius 1500 ft ,
thickness 50 ft, porosity 20% and permeability 80 mD
produces gas with specific gravity 0.6 under the semi‐steady
state from well with radius 0.25 ft and skin effect ‐0.5 at
reservoir temperature 600 R. The following table includes the
fluid properties. Calculate gas flow rate using the more
suitable equation when
• 𝑃 = 3800 psia and Pwf= 3400 psia
• 𝑃 =2500 psia and Pwf= 2200 psia
• 𝑃 = 2000 psia and Pwf= 1000 psia
• Ignore the non‐Darcy effects.

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 Problem.1‐Given data
P, psia µ, cP Z Bg, bbl/SCF
0 0.012083 1

500 0.013109 0.923109 0.006400

1,000 0.014604 0.85582 0.003200

1,500 0.016412 0.801945 0.001600

2,000 0.018405 0.77044 0.001160

2,500 0.020481 0.764905 0.000980

3,400 0.024206 0.811376 0.000750

3,600 0.025012 0.827592 0.000695

3,800 0.025809 0.844111 0.000660

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 Problem.1‐ Solution
• Calculate the pseudopressure m((P) using the following formula
𝑃 𝑃
𝑚 𝑝 𝑚 𝑝 𝑝 𝑝
𝜇𝑍 𝜇𝑍

• When P=0, then  =0
P/µZ,  m(P), 
P, psia µ, cP Z Bg, bbl/SCF
(psia/cP) psia2/cP
0 0.012083 1 0
500 0.013109 0.923109 0.006400 41320 2.066E+07
1,000 0.014604 0.85582 0.003200 80011 8.133E+07
1,500 0.016412 0.801945 0.001600 113967 1.783E+08
2,000 0.018405 0.77044 0.001160 141044 3.058E+08
2,500 0.020481 0.764905 0.000980 159584 4.561E+08
3,400 0.024206 0.811376 0.000750 173118 7.556E+08
3,600 0.025012 0.827592 0.000695 173913 8.250E+08
3,800 0.025809 0.844111 0.000660 174424 8.946E+08

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 Problem.1‐ Solution
1. 𝑃 = 3800 psia and Pwf= 3400 psia
• When both 𝑃 and Pwf ˃ 3000 psia, then the production 
will be in Region III, so the more suitable equation to 
calculate gas flow rate is 
.
𝑞 . ……………………………….. (1)

𝑃 =  3600, then 𝜇̅ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 𝑎𝑡 𝑃
3600 𝑝𝑠𝑖𝑎
.
𝑞 . = 87484.43 MSCF/D
. . .
.

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 Problem.1‐ Solution
2.    𝑃 =2500 psia and Pwf= 2200 psia
• When both 3000 psia ˃ 𝑃 and Pwf ˃ 2000 psia , then the 
production will be in Region II, so the more suitable 
equation to calculate gas flow rate is 

𝑞 . ……………………………….. (2)

Using linear interpolation m(p) = 3.659 × 108 psia2/cP at Pwf = 

2200 psia
. .
𝑞 . = 56764.505 MSCF/D
.
.

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 Problem.1‐ Solution
3. 𝑃 = 2000 psia and Pwf= 1000 psia
• When both 𝑃 and Pwf ≤ 2000 psia, then the production will be in 
Region I, so the more suitable equation to calculate gas flow rate is 

𝑞 . ……………………………….. (3)
̅

• Use average of 𝑃 and Pwf using 𝑃 =  = 

1581.139 psia
Then 𝜇̅ = 0.0167 cP and 𝑍̅= 0.796832
• 𝑞 . = 141592.10 
. . .
.
MSCF/D

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