ENPE 533/622 Production Engineering

Assignment #2

Date: March 1, 2018 Due Date: Mar. 14, 2018

Problem 1:

For the data given in the following table, predict the operating point using the bottom-hole as a
solution node. Assume no free gas in the reservoir and use Poettmann and Carpenter Method for
the TPR.

Reservoir pressure: 3,200 psia

Tubing ID: 1.66 in.
Wellhead pressure: 600 psia
Productivity index above bubble point: 1.5 stb/d-psi
Producing gas–liquid ratio (GLR): 800 scf/stb
Water cut (WC): 30%
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Oil gravity: 40 API
Water-specific gravity: 1.05 1 for freshwater
Gas-specific gravity: 0.75 1 for air
N2 content in gas: 0.05 mole fraction
CO2 content in gas: 0.03 mole fraction
H2S content in gas: 0.02 mole fraction
Formation volume factor for oil: 1.25 rb/stb
Wellhead temperature: 110 oF
Tubing shoe depth: 6,000 ft
Bottom-hole temperature: 140 oF

Please note that this problem can be solved with the spreadsheet program BottomHoleNodalOil-
PC.xls. You need to show at least one data point (production rate & well bottomhole pressure)
for IPR curve and TPR curve, respectively.

Problem 2:

Use the data given in the following table to estimate gas production rate of a gas well.

Gas specific gravity (γ g ): 0.75

Tubing inside diameter (D): 2.259 in
Tubing relative roughness(ε/D): 0.0006
Measured depth at tubing shoe (L): 8,000 ft
Inclination angle (θ) 0 Degree
Wellhead choke size (Dck): 24 1/64 in.
Flowline diameter (Dfl): 2 in.
Gas specific heat ratio (k): 1.3

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Gas viscosity at wellhead (μ): 0.01 cp
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Wellhead temperature (Thf ): 140 F
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Bottom hole temperature (Twf): 180 F
Reservoir pressure ( Ṕ): 2200 psia
C-constant in backpressure IPR model: 0.01 Mscf/d-psi2n
n-exponent in backpressure IPR model: 0.84

Please note that this problem can be solved with the spreadsheet program WellheadNodalGas-
SonicFlow.xls. You need to show at least one data point (production rate & wellhead pressure)
for WPR curve and CPR curve, respectively.

Problem 3:

Suppose an oil reservoir can produce under transient flow for the next 1 month. Predict oil
production rate and cumulative oil production over the 1 month using the following data:

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