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GasLiftPotential-US Field Units.xls
Description: This spreadsheet calculates expected deliverability of a continuous gas lift well.
Instruction: 1) Update parameter values in the Input section; and 2) view result in the chart "Solution - US
Field Units".

Input Data:
Reservoir depth (D): 5,200 ft
Reservoir pressure (pbar): 2,000 psia
Oil gravity (API): 25 API
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Formation GLR (GLRfm): 300 scf/stb

AOF in Vogel equation for IPR (qmax): 800 stb/day
Depth to gas injection point (Dv): 5,000 ft
Pressures at point of in jection given by correlations such as mHB:

400 stb/d: 614 psia

600 stb/d: 694 psia
800 stb/d: 774 psia

Solution:
Production Rate (stb/d) Inflow Pressure (psia) Outflow Pressure (psia)
0 1,922
400 1,272 614
600 817 694
800 -78 774

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pvf =0 . 125 { p 8180 ( q /q max ) 1 GR ( D Dv )
Do not change data in red!

= 0.9042 S.G. 0.3914984 psi/ft

q (stb/d)
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GLRopt (scf/stb)
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Liquid Flow Rate (m3/day)
GasLiftPotential-SI Units.xls
Description: This spreadsheet calculates expected deliverability of a continuous gas lift well.

Instruction: 1) Update parameter values in the Input section; and 2) view result in the chart "Solution - SI Units".

Input Data:
Reservoir depth (D): 1,670
Reservoir pressure (pbar): 15
Oil specific gravity (go): 0.9
Formation GLR (GLRfm): 60
AOF in Vogel equation for IPR (qmax): 150
Depth to gas injection point (Dv): 1,670
Pressures at point of in jection given by correlations such as mHB:

75 sm3/day 4
112.5 sm3/day 5
150 sm3/day 6

Solution:
Production Rate (m3/d) Inflow Pressure (MPa) Outflow Pressure (MPa)
0 15
75 10 4
112.5 7 5
150 0 6

[ ]
pvf =0 . 125 { p 8180 ( q /q max ) 1 GR ( D Dv )
lift well.

chart "Solution - SI Units".

m
MPa Do not change data in red!
water=1 0.3897 psi/ft
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