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Example Problem On Determination of Point of Gas Injection

This document provides an example problem to determine the point of gas injection for a well producing 1000 stock tank barrels of oil per day. It lists the given parameters such as well depth, pressures, productivity index, gas properties, and provides the step-by-step calculation. The key steps are to plot the depth and pressure scales, determine the flowing bottom hole pressure from the static bottom hole pressure and pressure drawdown, extend the flowing gradient line until it intersects the surface operating pressure, then extend the gas column pressure increase line to find the point of balance which is 4800 ft. Subtracting 100 psi from this point gives the point of gas injection at 4625 ft.

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Example Problem On Determination of Point of Gas Injection

This document provides an example problem to determine the point of gas injection for a well producing 1000 stock tank barrels of oil per day. It lists the given parameters such as well depth, pressures, productivity index, gas properties, and provides the step-by-step calculation. The key steps are to plot the depth and pressure scales, determine the flowing bottom hole pressure from the static bottom hole pressure and pressure drawdown, extend the flowing gradient line until it intersects the surface operating pressure, then extend the gas column pressure increase line to find the point of balance which is 4800 ft. Subtracting 100 psi from this point gives the point of gas injection at 4625 ft.

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Example problem on determination of point of gas injection

Example Problems 1

Determine the point of gas injection for a well to be put on continuous gas lift to produce 1000
stock tank barrels of oil per day. Given:
Well Depth: 8000 ft
Flowing well head pressure: 180 psi
Static bottom hole pressure: 2500 psi
Productivity Index: 2 STB/day/psi
Solution G.O.R.: 200 SCF/bbl
Gas Gravity: 0.7
Oil Gravity: 40oAPI
Surface operating pressure: 900 psi
Bottom hole temperature = 200oF
Flowing surface temperature = 120oF

Answer:

1. Plot depth scale on vertical (0-8000 ft)

2. Plot pressure scale on horizontal (0-2800)

3. Plot PR (2650npsig at 6000ft)

4. From the PI, calculate pressure drawdown

∆P = qL /J = 1000/2 = 500psi

Where qL = total liquid rate

J- Productivity Index

Substract the drawdown from the static BHP and obtain the flowing BHP

Pwf = PR-∆P = 2650-500 =2150 psi

5. Plot 2150 at 8000 ft

6. From the point of static BHP, extend the static gradient line up the hole until it intersects the
ordinate. This gives static fluid level for zero wellhead pressure.

For 40 API gradient – 0.357 psi/ft and intersects the ordinate at 1978 ft

7. From the point of flowing bottom hole pressure (2150 psi), extend the flowing gradient for
Rs=200 scf/bbl upward utl approximately reaching a pressure equivalent to PSO (900 psi)

Mark the surface operating pressure (PSO= 900 psi) at surface


8. Extend a line representing gas colun pressure increase downwards from PSO= 900 until
intersecting the flowing gradient line. For 900 psi this will be 21.2 psi/1000 ft.

9. Mark the point where the operating casing pressure intersects the flowing gradient line as the
point of balance between tubing and casin pressures. This is at 4800 ft.

10. Substract 100 psi from the pressures at this point. Return up the hole a distance equivalent to
this 100 psi on the flowing BHP line and note this point. This is the point of gas injection and it
is 4625 ft.

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