Vertical Lift Performance - Beggs & Brill

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1 Vertical Lift Performance - Beggs & Brill (1973)
2 Well & Fluid Properties
3 Liquid Rate 2000 bbl/d
4 Liquid Density 50 lb/ft3
5 Liquid Viscosity 2 cP
6 Gas Rate 1.5 mmscf/d
7 Gas Specific Gravity 0.75 (air=1)
8 Gas Density 2.5 lb/ft3
9 Gas Viscosity 0.015 cP
10 Interfacial Tension 30 dynes/cm
11 Liquid FVF (Bl) 1.2 bbl/STB
12 Gas FVF (Bg) 0.005 rcf/scf
13 Solution GOR (Rs) 400 scf/STB
14
15 Pipe Properties
16 Tubing ID 2.441 in
17 Pipe Length 8000 ft
18 Pipe Roughness 0.0006 -
19 Pipe Angle 90 degrees
20 Temperature 180 degF
21
22 Pressure Calculations
23 Wellhead Pressure 150 psi
24 Bottomhole Pressure 1813.03897 psi
25
26 Calculate Pwh from Pbh
27 Bottomhole Pressure 2500 psi
28 Wellhead Pressure 716.9268828 psi
29
30 Pressure Gradient
31 At Wellhead 0.3052444779 psi/ft
32 At Bottomhole 0.3052444779 psi/ft
33
34 VLP Curve (Pwh vs Rate)
35 Liquid Rate (bbl/d) BHP (psi)
36 500 1235.609009
37 1000 1360.495235
38 1500 1569.767269
39 2000 1813.03897
40 2500 2072.676481
41 3000 2343.309304

Description

Calculate vertical lift performance (VLP) for a producing oil well using the Beggs & Brill (1973) correlation. This correlation handles multiphase (gas-liquid) flow and is applicable for any wellbore inclination.

Typical Applications:

  • Oil well production optimization
  • Tubing size selection
  • Artificial lift design
  • Nodal analysis
How to use this blueprint
  1. In Excel, go to the Petroleum Office ribbon tab and click Blueprint Manager
  2. Search for Vertical Lift Performance - Beggs & Brill
  3. Click on the blueprint to preview
  4. Click Insert to place it into your worksheet. Modify the input values to match your data.
Tags:
VLPBeggs-Brillmultiphase-flowpressure-dropvertical-lift

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