SuckerRodPumpingCalculations.

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Description: This spreadsheet calculates the maximum allowable pumping speed, the maximum PRL, the
minimum PRL, peak torque, and counterbalance load, expected deliverability and required prime mover
power for a given sucker rod pumping system.

Input Data:
Pump setting depth (L): 3,180 ft
Depth to the liquid level in annulus (D): 2,600 ft
Flowing tubing head pressure (Pt): 100 psia
Tubing outer diameter (dto): 2 3/8 in.
Tubing inner diameter (dti): 2 in.
Tubing anchor (1 = yes; 0 = no): 0
Plunger diameter (dp): 1 1/4 in.
Rod section 1, diameter (dr1): 1 in.
Area (A1): 0.7854 in.2
fraction of rod length to total length (R1): 0.500 (-)
length (L1): 1,590 ft
Rod section 2, diameter (dr2): 0.875 in.
Area (A1): 0.601 in.2
fraction of rod length to total length (R2): 0.500 (-)
length (L2): 1,590 ft
Rod section 3, diameter (dr3): 0.75 in.
Area (A1): 0.442 in.2
fraction of rod length to total length (R3): 0.000 (-)
length (L3): 0 ft
Rod section 4, diameter (dr4): 0.625 in.
Area (A1): 0.307 in.2
fraction of rod length to total length (R4): 0.000 (-)
length (L4): 0 ft
Type of pumping unit (1 = conventional; -1 = Mark II or Air-balanced): 1
Beam dimension 1 (d1) 64 in.
Beam dimension 2 (d2) 72 in.
Distance from crankshaft to pitman bearing (c): 24 in.
Pitman arm length (h): 74.5 in.
Crank to pitman ratio (c/h): 0.3221
Pumping speed (N) 23.1388787 SPM
Use entered pumping speed(1) or calculated pump speed limit(2) 1
Maximum allowable acceleration factor at the top of stroke (g L): 0.5
Structural unbalance (Cs): 330 lbs

Oil gravity (API): 23 oAPI

 Oil formation volume factor (Bo) 1.1 rb/stb
Water cut (WC): 35 %
Water formation volume factor (Bw) 1.03 rb/stb
Water specific gravity: 1.05 1 for wat.

Pump volumetric efficiency (Ev): 0.75

Safety factor to prime mover power (Fs): 1.35
Density of steel 490.0 lbs/ft3
Elasticity modulus of steel 3.00E+07 psi

Solution:

𝛾_𝑜=141.5/(131.5+°𝐴𝑃𝐼) = 0.916

𝛾_𝑓=𝛾_𝑜×(1−𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡)+𝛾_𝑤×𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡 = 0.963

𝑆=2𝑐 𝑑_2/𝑑_1 = 54.00 in.

𝑁_𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡=√((70471𝑔_𝐿)/𝑆(1−𝑐/ℎ) ) = 31.03 SPM

N = 23.14 SPM

𝐴_𝑡=𝜋(𝑑_(𝑡_𝑜)^2−𝑑_(𝑡_𝑖)^2 )/4 = 1.289 in.2

𝐴_𝑝=(𝜋𝑑_𝑝^2)/4 = 1.227 in.2

𝐴_(𝑟_𝑒 )=[(𝐿_1 𝐴_(𝑟_1 )+𝐿_2 𝐴_(𝑟_2 )+⋯ = 0.693 in.2

+𝐿_𝑛 𝐴_(𝑟_𝑛 ))/𝐿]

𝑊_𝑟=𝜌_𝑠/144 (𝐿_1 〖𝐴 _𝑟 〗 _1+𝐿_2

option-1 = 7,503 lbs
〖𝐴 _𝑟 〗 _2+…+𝐿_𝑛 〖𝐴 _𝑟 〗 _𝑛 )

option-2
approx.
𝑊_𝑟=𝜌_𝑠/144 𝐿 〖𝐴 _𝑟 〗 _𝑒 = 7,503 lbs

𝑊_𝑓=(62.4𝛾_𝑓 )(𝐿𝐴_𝑝/144) = 1,628 lbs

𝐵=(62.4𝛾_𝑓 )(𝑊_𝑟/𝜌_𝑠 ) = 920 lbs

𝛼_𝑚𝑎𝑥=(𝑆𝑁^2)/70471 (1±𝑐/ℎ)
 𝛼_𝑚𝑎𝑥=(𝑆𝑁^2)/70471 (1±𝑐/ℎ) = 0.5424

𝑊_𝑚𝑎𝑥=𝑊_𝑓+𝑊_𝑟+𝑊_𝑟∙𝛼_𝑚𝑎𝑥−𝐵 = 12,281 lbs

𝛼_𝑚𝑖𝑛=(𝑆𝑁^2)/70471 (1∓𝑐/ℎ) = 0.2781

𝑊_𝑚𝑖𝑛=𝑊_𝑟−𝑊_𝑟∙𝛼_𝑚𝑖𝑛−𝐵 = 4,496 lbs

𝐶_𝑖=(𝑊_𝑚𝑎𝑥+𝑊_𝑚𝑖𝑛)/2 = 8,389 lbs

𝑇_𝑝=(𝑆/2)(𝑊_𝑚𝑎𝑥−𝐶_𝑖+𝐶_𝑠 ) = 114,000 in.-lbs

〖𝐴 _𝑟 〗 _𝑡𝑜𝑝 Area of top rod section = 0.785 in.2

𝜎_𝑚𝑎𝑥=𝑊_𝑚𝑎𝑥/ 〖𝐴 _𝑟 〗 _𝑡𝑜𝑝 = 15,636 psi

𝑀=1±𝑐/ℎ = 1.32 in.

𝛼=(𝑆𝑁^2)/70471 𝑀 = 0.542 in.

𝑒_𝑝=(40.8𝐿^2 𝛼)/𝐸 Plunger overtravel = 7.5 in.

𝑒_𝑡=(5.2𝛾_𝑓 𝐷𝐴_𝑝)/𝐸 𝐿/𝐴_𝑡 Tubing stretch = 1.3 in.

𝑒_𝑟=(5.2𝛾_𝑓 𝐷𝐴_𝑝)/𝐸 [𝐿_1/𝐴_(𝑟_1 ) +𝐿_2/

option-1 Rod stretch = 2.5 in.
〖𝐴 _𝑟 〗 _2 +…+𝐿_𝑛/𝐴_(𝑟_𝑛 ) ]

option-2
approx.
𝑒_𝑟=(5.2𝛾_𝑓 𝐷𝐴_𝑝)/𝐸 [𝐿/𝐴_(𝑟_𝑒 ) ] Rod stretch = 2.4 in.

𝑆_𝑝=𝑆+𝑒_𝑝−(𝑒_𝑡+𝑒_𝑟 ) = 57.70 in.

𝑄_𝑝𝑑=0.1484𝐴_𝑝 𝑆_𝑝 𝑁𝐸_𝑣 Pump displacement flow rate = 182 bbl/day

𝑞_𝑜=𝑄_𝑝𝑑∕(𝐵_𝑜+𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡/(1−𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡 )
Surface oil production rate = 110 stb/day
𝐵_𝑤 )
𝐿_𝑁=𝐷+𝑃_𝑡/(0.433𝛾_𝑓 ) = 2,840 ft

𝐻_ℎ=7.36× 〖 10 〗 ^(−6) 𝑄 𝛾_𝑓 𝐿_𝑁 = 3.67 hp

𝐻_𝑓=6.31× 〖 10 〗 ^(−7) 𝑊_𝑟 𝑆 𝑁 = 5.92 hp

𝐻_𝑏=𝐹_𝑠 (𝐻_ℎ+𝐻_𝑓 ) = 12.9 hp

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Assumptions:
q's are the surface rates &
Watercut is measured at the surface.
No gas at the pump condition/location

𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡=𝑞_𝑤/(𝑞_𝑤+𝑞_𝑜 ) ⟹ 𝑞_𝑤=𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡/(1−𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡) 𝑞_𝑜

𝑞_𝑜 𝐵_𝑜+𝑞_𝑤 𝐵_𝑤=𝑄_𝑝𝑑 ⟹ 𝑞_𝑜 𝐵_𝑜+𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡/(1−𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡) 𝑞_𝑜
𝐵_𝑤=𝑄_𝑝𝑑

𝑞_𝑜=𝑄_𝑝𝑑∕(𝐵_𝑜+𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡/(1−𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡) 𝐵_𝑤 )
𝑞_𝑜 𝐵_𝑜+𝑞_𝑤 𝐵_𝑤=𝑄_𝑝𝑑 ⟹ 𝑞_𝑜 𝐵_𝑜+𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡/(1−𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡) 𝑞_𝑜
𝐵_𝑤=𝑄_𝑝𝑑

𝑞_𝑜=𝑄_𝑝𝑑∕(𝐵_𝑜+𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡/(1−𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝐶𝑢𝑡) 𝐵_𝑤 )
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