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Sondex Limited: Spinner Speed Calculations For Production Logging Operations

This document provides instructions and calculations for determining the appropriate spinner speed for production logging tools based on downhole fluid velocity. Input parameters like fluid properties, pressures, and flowrates are entered to calculate the apparent fluid velocity and recommended revolutions per second (RPS) for different types of spinners. Maximum recommended speeds are provided to ensure tools can operate safely downhole. The document is intended to help users select the proper spinner tool to use based on calculated fluid velocities and notes that high flowrates may require a tool lift estimation.

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Sondex Limited: Spinner Speed Calculations For Production Logging Operations

This document provides instructions and calculations for determining the appropriate spinner speed for production logging tools based on downhole fluid velocity. Input parameters like fluid properties, pressures, and flowrates are entered to calculate the apparent fluid velocity and recommended revolutions per second (RPS) for different types of spinners. Maximum recommended speeds are provided to ensure tools can operate safely downhole. The document is intended to help users select the proper spinner tool to use based on calculated fluid velocities and notes that high flowrates may require a tool lift estimation.

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TOOL REVS (For Injection wells use negative flowrate) Instructions:See Cell A36

SONDEX LIMITED
SPINNER SPEED CALCULATIONS FOR PRODUCTION LOGGING OPERATIONS

Input Parameters: Results:


Surface pressure 340 psia Tubing:
Pressure at toolstring 5400 psia Average Downhole Flowrate 13920.2 bpd
Calc. D/Hole density gas 0.264 g/cc Apparent Fluid Velocity 818.4 ft/min
Downhole density water: 0.96 g/cc RPS using CFB 56.3 rps
Surface Oil API 23 Degrees RPS using CFS (or 2 blade spinners) 46.9 rps
Downhole Temperature 160 Deg F RPS using 1 11/16 CFJ/ILS 33.8 rps
Calc. D/Hole Density oil 0.875 g/cc RPS using 2 1/8" CFJ/ILS 27.2 rps
Gas Specific Gravity 0.700 Air=1 RPS using 1 1/2" DBT 220.6 rps
Surface gas flowrate 6000 mscfd RPS using 1 11/16 DBT 185.3 rps
Surface oil flowrate 5000 bopd RPS using 2 1/8" DBT 78.9 rps
Surface water flowrate 5000 bwpd Casing:
Oil Soln. GOR at Flowing Press. 500 scf/bbl Average Downhole Flowrate 13275.0 bpd
Bo, Formn. Vol. factor oil 1.2 RB/STB Apparent Fluid Velocity 1169.8 ft/min
Tubing ID 3.826 ins RPS using CFB 77.4 rps
Casing ID or next ID 3.125 ins RPS using CFS (or 2 blade spinners) 64.5 rps
Line Speed 120 ft/min RPS using 1 11/16 CFJ/ILS 46.4 rps
RPS using 2 1/8" CFJ/ILS 37.4 rps
RPS using 1 1/2" DBT 210.4 rps
RPS using 1 11/16 DBT 176.7 rps
RPS using 2 1/8" DBT 75.2 rps
Remarks:
Max recommended speed for standard CFB 25 RPS
Max recommended speed for solid shaft CFB 60 RPS
Max recommended speed for CFS / 2 Blade Spinners 100 RPS
Max recommended speed for ILS/Standard CFJ/DBT 120 RPS

INSTRUCTIONS:
This spreadsheet is to help decide what type of spinner tool is required based on fluid velocity.

Enter Fluid Properties including formation volume factors and solution GOR.
Enter Surface and Downhole Pressures
Enter Surface Flowrates
Enter Tubing and Casing ID's
For maximum spinner speed that will be seen add in maximum line speed.
After 2002 the Short Compact Tools use 2 blade spinners.
Notes:
If flowrates are high, make a tool lift estimation to see if the tools are in danger of being lifted or will not travel down the well.
This spreadsheet is only a simple estimation. If you do not know Formation Volume Factor Bo use 1.2.

N. D. Ryan. TOOLREVS Rev. 1.0


SONDEX LIMITED June 2002
Website: www.sondex.co.uk

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