0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

Depth (ft)

2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000

Pressure (psia)

2,500

3,000

3,500

0.00
0

5.00

10.00

15.00

500

Depth (m)

1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500

Pressure (MPa)

20.00

25.00

HagedornBrownCorrelation.xls
Description: This spreadsheet calculates flowing pressures in tuning string based on tubing head
pressure using Hagedorn-Brown Correlation.
Instruction: 1) Select a unit system; 2) Update parameter values in the Input Data section; 3) Click
"Slotion" button; and 4) View result in the Solution section and charts.

Input Data

1
Depth (D):
Tubing inner diameter (dti):

9,700 ft

3000.00 m

1.995 in.

0.0500 m

Oil gravity (API):

40 API
o

Oil viscosity (cp):

5 cp

Production GLR (GLR):

Gas specific gravity (g):

75 scf/bbl
0.7 air =1

Flowing tubing head pressure (phf):

200 psia

Flowing tubing head temperature (thf):

0.80 S.G.
0.0020 Pa-s
90 sm3/m3
0.709 air =1
5.00 MPa

80 F

80.00

Flowing temperature at tubing shoe (twf):

180 F

90.00

Liquid production rate (qL):

758 stb/day

Water cut (WC):

Interfacial tension ():
Specific gravity of water (w):

o
o

10 %
30 dynes/cm
1.05 H2O=1

Depth
(ft)
0
334
669
1,003
1,338
1,672
2,007
2,341
2,676
3,010
3,345
3,679
4,014
4,348
4,683
5,017
5,352
5,686
6,021
6,355

(m)
0
102
204
306
408
510
612
714
816
918
1,020
1,122
1,224
1,326
1,428
1,530
1,632
1,734
1,836
1,938

C
C

300.00 sm3/day
0 %
0.030 N/m
1.076

Pressure
(psia)
(MPa)
200
1.36
267
1.81
338
2.30
415
2.82
495
3.37
579
3.94
667
4.54
757
5.15
850
5.78
945
6.43
1,042
7.09
1,142
7.77
1,243
8.45
1,345
9.15
1,450
9.86
1,555
10.58
1,662
11.31
1,770
12.04
1,879
12.78
1,989
13.53

6,690
7,024
7,359
7,693
8,028
8,362
8,697
9,031
9,366
9,700

2,040
2,142
2,243
2,345
2,447
2,549
2,651
2,753
2,855
2,957

2,100
2,212
2,324
2,437
2,551
2,665
2,780
2,895
3,011
3,127

14.29
15.05
15.81
16.58
17.35
18.13
18.91
19.70
20.48
21.27

9,700 ft
1.995 in.

Aera =

0.022 ft2

40

S.G. =

0.825

Gas =

56850 scf/day

Liquid=

0.848 S.G.

API

5 cp
75 scf/bbl
0.7 air =1
200 psia
80

180

F
F

758 stb/day
10 %

qw =

30 dynes/cm
1.05

Temp.
(oF)
80
83
87
90
94
97
101
104
108
111
114
118
121
125
128
132
135
139
142
146

75.8 bbl/day

Mass flow rate =

Liquid viscosity =

Ppr

Tpr

ln (g/1*Tpr)

0.30
0.40
0.51
0.62
0.74
0.87
1.00
1.13
1.27
1.41
1.56
1.71
1.86
2.01
2.17
2.33
2.49
2.65
2.81
2.98

1.39
1.40
1.41
1.42
1.42
1.43
1.44
1.45
1.46
1.47
1.48
1.49
1.50
1.50
1.51
1.52
1.53
1.54
1.55
1.56

0.222213
0.251374
0.282121
0.314682
0.348448
0.383157
0.418584
0.454548
0.490837
0.527385
0.564045
0.600708
0.637276
0.673665
0.709795
0.745600
0.781021
0.816003
0.850501
0.884473

149
152
156
159
163
166
170
173
177
180

3.14
3.31
3.48
3.65
3.82
3.99
4.16
4.33
4.51
4.68

1.57
1.58
1.58
1.59
1.60
1.61
1.62
1.63
1.64
1.65

0.917849
0.950667
0.982879
1.014456
1.045379
1.075635
1.105213
1.134105
1.162305
1.189809

e=

usl =

Tpc=169.0+314.0*

Ppc=708.75-57.5*S

0.0006

2.2704516561 ft/s

228145.033537 lbm/day
4.55 cp

a0

-2.462

a1

2.97

a2

-0.2862

a3

0.008054

a4

2.808

a5

-3.498

a6

0.3603

a7

-0.01044

a8

-0.7933

a9

1.396

a10

-0.1491

a11

0.00441

a12

0.08393

a13
a14

-0.1864
0.02033

388.8

668.36 psia

a15 -0.0006095
Base Viscosity
(cp)
0.010392
0.010446
0.010500
0.010554
0.010608
0.010662
0.010716
0.010770
0.010824
0.010878
0.010932
0.010986
0.011040
0.011094
0.011148
0.011202
0.011256
0.011310
0.011364
0.011417

Gas Viscosity
(cp)
0.009344
0.009671
0.010024
0.010409
0.010822
0.011261
0.011726
0.012217
0.012732
0.013272
0.013835
0.014423
0.015033
0.015667
0.016322
0.016999
0.017697
0.018415
0.019152
0.019908

t=1/Tpr

0.72
0.71543147
0.71092055
0.70646617
0.70206725
0.69772277
0.69343173
0.68919315
0.68500608
0.68086957
0.67678271
0.67274463
0.66875445
0.66481132
0.66091442
0.65706294
0.65325608
0.64949309
0.6457732
0.64209567

0.04014
0.039762
0.039389
0.039021
0.038657
0.038297
0.037943
0.037593
0.037247
0.036906
0.036569
0.036236
0.035908
0.035584
0.035264
0.034948
0.034636
0.034328
0.034025
0.033725

7.2771
7.2413
7.2060
7.1712
7.1367
7.1027
7.0691
7.0359
7.0031
6.9707
6.9386
6.9070
6.8757
6.8447
6.8141
6.7838
6.7538
6.7242
6.6949
6.6659

-44.43
-43.55
-42.69
-41.85
-41.03
-40.22
-39.43
-38.65
-37.89
-37.14
-36.41
-35.69
-34.98
-34.29
-33.61
-32.94
-32.29
-31.64
-31.01
-30.39

4.2104
4.1975
4.1848
4.1722
4.1598
4.1476
4.1355
4.1235
4.1117
4.1001
4.0885
4.0771
4.0659
4.0548
4.0438
4.0329
4.0222
4.0116
4.0011
3.9907

0.0125
0.0159
0.0212
0.0261
0.0314
0.0369
0.0427
0.0483
0.0546
0.0609
0.0674
0.0739
0.0805
0.0871
0.0936
0.1001
0.1065
0.1127
0.1187
0.1235

0.011471
0.011525
0.011579
0.011633
0.011687
0.011741
0.011795
0.011849
0.011903
0.011957

0.020681
0.021471
0.022278
0.023100
0.023936
0.024785
0.025646
0.026519
0.027402
0.028293

0.6384598
0.63486486
0.63131019
0.6277951
0.62431894
0.62088106
0.61748083
0.61411765
0.6107909
0.6075

0.033429
0.033136
0.032848
0.032563
0.032282
0.032004
0.03173
0.03146
0.031193
0.030929

6.6372
6.6088
6.5806
6.5528
6.5253
6.4980
6.4710
6.4443
6.4178
6.3916

-29.79
-29.19
-28.60
-28.03
-27.46
-26.90
-26.36
-25.82
-25.30
-24.78

3.9805
3.9703
3.9603
3.9504
3.9406
3.9309
3.9213
3.9118
3.9024
3.8932

0.1300
0.1356
0.1408
0.1456
0.1503
0.1546
0.1587
0.1626
0.1663
0.1697

-4E-005
-0.00074
-6E-005
-5E-005
-4E-005
-5E-005
-3E-005
-0.000295
-0.00014
-0.000122
-0.000103
-8E-005
-6E-005
-6E-005
-4E-005
-2E-005
-7E-006
1.59E-006
6.18E-006
-0.000782

0.963566
0.997504
0.939399
0.925825
0.912438
0.900227
0.887394
0.882067
0.867134
0.856252
0.846296
0.837325
0.829279
0.822686
0.816971
0.812446
0.809118
0.806977
0.805999
0.81307

usg
(ft/s)
2.2304
1.742411
1.303094
1.053695
0.874869
0.742327
0.639784
0.563558
0.496566
0.443623
0.399916
0.363423
0.332617
0.306578
0.284219
0.264992
0.248375
0.233947
0.221368
0.212166

a1

-2.698510E+00

a2

1.584095E-01

a3

-5.509976E-01

a4

5.478492E-01

a5

-1.219458E-01

um

Nvl

Nvg

ND

NL

(ft/s)
4.500852
4.012862
3.573545
3.324147
3.14532
3.012779
2.910235
2.83401
2.767018
2.714075
2.670368
2.633875
2.603069
2.57703
2.55467
2.535444
2.518826
2.504398
2.49182
2.482618

5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201

4.980761
3.89102
2.90997
2.353033
1.953691
1.657709
1.428716
1.258495
1.108894
0.990666
0.893062
0.811569
0.742775
0.684627
0.634696
0.59176
0.554651
0.522432
0.494343
0.473794

26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122

0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699

CNL
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745

-0.000111
0.000118
0.000144
0.000166
0.000186
0.000202
0.000214
0.000223
0.000228
0.000231

0.80828
0.80862
0.811553
0.815373
0.820008
0.825383
0.831423
0.838059
0.845224
0.852856

0.200928
0.191944
0.184353
0.177614
0.171612
0.166247
0.161434
0.157101
0.153187
0.14964

2.47138
2.462395
2.454804
2.448066
2.442064
2.436698
2.431886
2.427553
2.423639
2.420091

5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201
5.070201

0.448698
0.428634
0.411682
0.396635
0.383231
0.37125
0.360502
0.350827
0.342087
0.334164

26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122
26.68122

0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699
0.020699

0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745
0.002745

-1.030658E-01

9.116257E-01

6.177740E-01

-4.821756E+00

-6.329460E-01

1.232250E+03

2.959800E-01

-2.225358E+04

-4.010000E-02

N vl
N 0vg. 575

p
p st

0.1 CN

( )

0.000269
0.000319
0.000386
0.000445
0.000505
0.000563
0.000622
0.000678
0.000737
0.000795
0.000852
0.000909
0.000965
0.001019
0.001072
0.001124
0.001175
0.001223
0.001270
0.001309

N vg N 0L .38

ND

yL/

N 2D.14

0.509331
0.545702
0.587378
0.619033
0.646922
0.671609
0.693871
0.712939
0.731585
0.748121
0.763187
0.776943
0.789535
0.801004
0.811534
0.821168
0.829982
0.838044
0.845419
0.851224

0.001012
0.000791
0.000591
0.000478
0.000397
0.000337
0.000290
0.000256
0.000225
0.000201
0.000181
0.000165
0.000151
0.000139
0.000129
0.000120
0.000113
0.000106
0.000100
0.000096

Index:
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000

0 .38
N vg N L
N 2D.14
Modified:
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000

1.161743E+05

0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164

0.001358
0.001402
0.001442
0.001480
0.001516
0.001551
0.001584
0.001616
0.001646
0.001674

0.858209
0.864114
0.869325
0.874105
0.878495
0.882533
0.886254
0.889688
0.892865
0.895809

0.000091
0.000087
0.000084
0.000081
0.000078
0.000075
0.000073
0.000071
0.000070
0.000068

-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000
-1.000000

0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000
0.012000

0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164
0.995164

yL

NRe

0.007664
0.008117
0.008687
0.00917
0.009633
0.010073
0.010497
0.010883
0.011278
0.011646
0.011995
0.012327
0.012641
0.012937
0.013216
0.013478
0.013724
0.013954
0.014168
0.014344

(lbm/ft )
0.726443
0.929895
1.243395
1.537692
1.852003
2.182676
2.532512
2.875054
3.262929
3.652331
4.051501
4.45833
4.871245
5.284981
5.700746
6.11437
6.523453
6.925762
7.319298
7.636738
3

0.5069
0.5431
0.5845
0.6160
0.6438
0.6684
0.6905
0.7095
0.7280
0.7445
0.7595
0.7732
0.7857
0.7971
0.8076
0.8172
0.8260
0.8340
0.8413
0.8471

11,694
9,202
7,023
5,709
4,756
4,046
3,499
3,087
2,735
2,457
2,229
2,039
1,881
1,747
1,634
1,536
1,453
1,380
1,317
1,269

Average
(lbm/ft3)
27.16548
29.14645
31.43162
33.17153
34.7087
36.07218
37.30378
38.35884
39.39239
40.30848
41.14271
41.90351
42.59886
43.23083
43.80967
44.33769
44.81914
45.25792
45.65769
45.96946

dp/dz
(psi/ft)
0.199481
0.213099
0.228886
0.240972
0.251688
0.261223
0.269858
0.277274
0.28455
0.291012
0.296907
0.302291
0.307218
0.311703
0.315816
0.319572
0.323
0.326129
0.328981
0.331213

0.8541
0.8599
0.8651
0.8699
0.8742
0.8783
0.8820
0.8854
0.8885
0.8915

1,215
1,171
1,133
1,100
1,070
1,043
1,019
997
978
960

0.014551
0.014731
0.014893
0.015044
0.015184
0.015315
0.015436
0.015549
0.015655
0.015754

8.063867
8.441327
8.788913
9.122346
9.441404
9.74611
10.03668
10.31347
10.57698
10.82774

46.34636
46.66263
46.94002
47.19318
47.42452
47.6362
47.83023
48.00842
48.17238
48.32357

0.333904
0.336167
0.338154
0.339969
0.341629
0.34315
0.344545
0.345827
0.347008
0.348097