4154 PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS

Table 4.3 Result Given by HaggdornBrownCorrelation.xls for Exampte Probtem 4,4

H ag e dornBr own Corr e lat i on. xl s
Description: This spreadsheet calculates flowing pressures in tubing string based on tubing head pressure using the
Hagedorn-Brown correlation.
Instruction: (l) select a unit system; (2) update parameter values in the Input data section;
(3) click "Solution" button; and (4) view result in the Solution section and charts.

Input data U.,S. Field units SI units

Depth (D): 9,700 ft
Tubing inner diameter (dt): 1.995 in.
Oil gravity (API): 40 "API
Oil viscosity (¡r,.,): 5cp
Production GLR (GLR): 75 scf/bbl
Gas-specific gravity (f*): 0.7 air - 1
Flowing tubing head pressure (pnr): 100 psia
Flowing tubing head temperature (ttil: 80 "F
Flowing temperature at tubing shoe (tu¡): 180 'F
Liquid production rate (qil: 758 stb/day
Water cut (WC): r0%
Interfacial tension (cr): 30 dynes/cm
Specific gravity of water (y *): 1.05 H2O
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Solution
Depth Pressure
(f0 (m) (psia) (MPa)
0 0 100 0.68
334 t02 183 r.24
669 204 269 1.83
1,003 306 358 2.43
1,338 408 449 3.06
1,672 510 543 3.69
2,007 6t2 638 4.34
2,34r 714 736 5.01
2,67 6 :
816 83s s.68
3,010 918 936 6.37
3,345 1,020 I,039 7.06
3,,679 1,122 l,l4l 7.76
4,014 1,224 1,246 8.48
4,349 1,326 1,352 9.20
4,693 I,428 1,459 9.93
5,417 1,530 1,567 10.66
5,352 1,632 1,67 6 I 1.40
5,686 1,734 I,796 T2.T5
6,021, 1,836 l,8gl 12.90
6,355 1,939 2,009 13.66
6,694 2,44A 2,12I 14.43
7,024 2,142 2,234 15.19
7 ,359 2,243 2,,347 rs.97
7 ,693 2,345 2,46t 16.7 4
8,028 2,447 2,57 6 17 .52
8,362 2,549 2,691 18.31
8,697 2,651 2,807 19. 10
9,031 2,7 53 2,923 19.89
9,366 2,855 3,040 24.68
9,,700 2,957 3,157 2r.48

4.4.1 Average Temperature and Compressibility : \f¡a[Exp(s) - r]Q?,P?,22 T2

Factor Method
P?,t ExP(s'¡F|¡ + (4.s2)
If single average values of temperature and compressibility
factor over the entire tubing length can be assumed, Eq. where
(4.50) becomes
58y ng L cos 0
t_!r
t *fÁ ,o, u *a¡n:O?{x:'I'\nr_
29Ts P'lg.vvuv' n2gnDs¡z*P l'-
0. (4.5r)
u-E.
g'RzT
(4.s3)

By separation of variables, Eq. (a.51) can be integrated Equations (4.52) and (4.53) take the following forms when
over the full length of tubing to yield U.S. field units (4"" in Mscf/d), are used (Katz et al., 1959):