ENPE 533/622

PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING/SUBSURFACE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS

ASSIGNMENT 4: WELLBORE PERFORMANCE

DUE: 12 noon W 1 Feb 2023
SOLUTIONS

1) Problem 4.1
INCOMPRESSIBLE SINGLE PHASE FLOW IN TUBING
oil
gravity 0.96
density 59.85 lbm/ft3 API 16.0
Q 1000 STB/D
viscosity 5 cP
<-- inferred from Tioga pipe size
pipe D 2.259 in chart.
Re 7842
pipe relative roughness 0.001 \epsilon
inner bracket 0.00202614
braces term 0.00200252
RHS 10.7936953
f_F 0.0086 Chen correlation
fluid velocity 2.33 ft/s
pipe L 1000 ft
deviation angle 3 deg from vertical
elevation change 999 ft
fraction
\Delta PE 415 psia 98%
\Delta KE 0 psia
friction losses 6.4 psia 2%
\Delta P 421 psia

2) Problem 4.2.

Running Poetmann-Carpenter with zero N2, CO2 and H2S and Bw = 1.2 yields Pwf = 2290 psia.
Note that Rs at bottom hole conditions is 626 scf/stb, which is less than the specified GOR,
which is GLR * qliquid / qo = 1140 scf/stb. Thus the calculation is physically consistent.

3) Running HagedornBrownCorrelation.xls with specified data,

a. Setting Phf = 650 psia, we obtain Pwf = 2270 psia.
b. Setting the GLR to 375 scf/stb and the water cut to 40%, and keeping other input
parameters the same, we then iterate, changing the value of flowing tubing head
 pressure Phf until the calculated flowing bottomhole pressure is the measured
value of 2100 psia. We find Phf = 510 psia.
c. Keeping GLR and water cut and other input parameters the same, we set Phf =
500 psia, then iterate, changing the value of liquid flow rate until the calculated
value of Pwf is the measured value of 1950 psia. We find qliquid = 995 stb/d.

4) Problem 4.5
a. Running AverageTZ.xls, and setting tubing ID to 3.068 in., we obtain Pwf = 1265
psia.
b. Running Cullender-SmithBHP.xls with the same input data, we obtain Pwf = 1265
psia.
c. Running Guo-GhalamborBHP.xls with the same input data, and setting oil, water
and solids production rates to zero, we get an error. Keeping water and solids
rates at zero, we find that for oil rates of 1 stb/d and smaller, we get the same
value of Pwf = 2600 psia. We conclude that the Guo-GhalamborBHP model does
not perform well in the limit of high gas flow rates and very small liquid flow
rates.
5) Using properties from problem 4.1 and setting tubing length to 5000 ft,
a. For no flow, the friction term goes to zero and the pressure change in the tubing
equals the change in potential energy from wellhead to bottomhole. The change
in potential energy is 2075 psia, so the wellhead pressure is 3000 – 2075 = 925
psia.
b. For Pwf = 14.7 psia (open flow with no choke), we find qo = 6355 bbl/d gives a
pressure change of 2985 psia in the tubing. This equals the difference in the
imposed Pwf and Pwf.
c. Repeating (b) for a range of values of qo, we compute Phf and find