1800

1600
WPR

Wellhead Pressure (psia)

1400

CPR

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0
0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

Gas Production Rate (Mscf/d)

1600

1800

2000

WellheadNodal.xls
This spreadsheet calculates well deliverability with wellhead node.
Instructions:
Step 1: Input your data in the "Input Data" section;
Step 2: Run Macro "Solution" to get results;
Step 3: View results in table and in graph sheet "Plot".
Input Data:
Gas specific gravity (gg):
Tubing inside diameter (D):
Tubing relative roughness (e/D):
Measured depth at tubing shoe (L):
Inclination angle (q):

0.75
2.259 in
0.0006
8000 ft
0 Deg

Wellhead choke size (Dck):

24 1/64 in.

Flowline diameter (Dfl):

Gas specific heat ratio (k):
Gas viscosity at wellhead (m):
Wellhead temperature (Thf ):

2 in.
1.3
0.01 cp
o
120 F
o
180 F

Bottom hole temperature (Twf):

Reservoir pressure (p~):
C-constant in backpressure IPR model:
n-exponent in backpressure IPR model:

2000 psia
2n
0.01 Mscf/d-psi
0.8

Solution:
Tav =
Zav =
s=
es =

610
0.8629
0.4275
1.5334

fm =

0.0174

AOF =

1913 Mscf/d

Dck/Dfl =

0.1875

Re =

6929130
2
1.1232 in

Cck =
Ack =

0.110390625

qsc (Mscf/d)

WPR

CPR

Objective Function:

0
191
383
574
765
956
1148
1339

1600
1554
1489
1411
1321
1218
1099
960

0
55
110
165
219
274
329
384

-0.0004
-0.0006
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000

q sc C p 2 E

1530
1721
1817
1865
1889
1913
Operating flowrate =
Operating pressure =
Residual of objective function =

789
562
399
282
200
1

439
494
521
535
542
549
1732 Mscf/d
497 psia
0.0000

-0.0009
-0.0004
-0.0002
-0.0001
0.0000
0.0004

ppc

667.1563

Tpc

404.7188

psia
o
R

Tav (oR)

pav (psia)

ppr

Tpr

610

1012

1.516886

1.50722

d
0.3167

0.025[log(Re) 4]
D d 0.6

D

2
6.67 10 4 [ Exp( s) 1] f m q sc2 Z 2T 2
2

q sc C p Exp( s) phf
5

d
cos
q
i

q sc 879CAphf

p hf

g T
g up

k 1

2 k 1

k 1

q sc
k
879CA
g T
g up

k 1

2 k 1

k 1

p hf

q sc

q sc
k
879CA
g T
g up

k 1

2 k 1

k 1

C p Exp( s )

879CA

q sc
k

g T
g up

k 1

2 k 1

k 1

6.67 10 4 [ Exp( s ) 1] f m q sc2 Z 2T

d i cosq

0.421561 0.564234 0.074984

D
0.96922

2
2
2
q sc Z T