Multi Phase Flow Meter Vendors quote on their specification sheets GVF functional range. What is GVF?

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Operations Engineer should have full clarity on GVF - What it is and how it is calculated from the readily known well fluid opera
understanding GVF and calculating it from the normally known well fluid operating data and the expected variations. Useful fo

Most of the Multi Phase Flow Metering specifications Vop=Ps*Vs*Zop*Top/(Pop*Zs*Ts)

require that GVF range is specified. This spreadsheet
calculates GVF, from the normally known Flow, GOR & Temp in Rankine, Pressure, psia
WC data. GVF is gas to total fluids percentage at actual Black font is user input
conditions RED Font data cells are Std/Calculated.

GAS VOLUME(VOID) FRACTION, GVF - CALCULATION SPRE

W Vg,std, Gas Flow at

O WC Liquid
Parameter GOR Water Standard
Oil Flow Water Cut (oil+water)
Flow Conditions

Case/Units BBLs/DAY SCF/BBL % BWPD BLPD SCFD

1000 500 70 2333 3333 500,000

5000 600 50 5000 10000 3,000,000
20000 1000 50 20000 40000 20,000,000
0 0 -
0 0 -
0 0 -
0 0 -

0 0 -
C 0 0 -
A 0 0 -
S 0 0 -
E 0 0 -

0 0 -
1 0 0 -
0 0 -
0 0 -
0 0 -
0 0 -
0 0 -
0 0 -
0 0 -
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10000 1,700,000
20000 500,000
C
A
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S GOR & WC are not needed
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S GOR & WC are not needed
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Gas Volume (void) Fraction (GVF.) Definition:

GVF, or gas volume fraction, is defined as the ratio of the gas volumetric flow-rate to the total volumetric flow-rate.
The total volumetric flow-rate is the sum of the liquid volumetric rate and the gas volumetric flow-rate. These
volumetric flows are usually expressed in actual (not standardized )volumetric terms. Express in either percentage (0-100%) or

WC = Water Cut or Percentage

Gas Oil Ratio (GOR) is expressed in Standard Cubic Feet of gas per barrel of hydrocarbon liquid crude (SCF/BBL)
BWPD = Barrels of Water Per Day
BLPD = Barrels of Liquid (Crude+Water) Per Day
SCFD = Standard Cubic Feet Per Day
What is GVF? Let us understand it. Needless to say, before MPFMs selection the specifying
m the readily known well fluid operating data of Water Cut, GOR and flows. This spreadsheet readily helps Operating Engineer in
the expected variations. Useful for reviewing and specifying the GVF range while ordering the MPFMs.

1 Case 1 = When Oil Flow, Water cut and GOR are given
2 Case 2= When Standard oil, water and Gas Flows are given. GOR & WC Not necessary. Go to
3 Any one row is enough for a condition, table can be used to find a range of GVF by varying
re Std/Calculated. 4 Variation in liquid volumes at Standard and actual conditions is taken as negligible
5 Input Zop & Zs values correctly by using the other worksheet. Refer other worksheet titled
Z values are also dependent on the compositions of N2, CO2 & H2S use other worksheet to
ON, GVF - CALCULATION SPREADSHEET FROM UPSTREAM WELL DATA - P, T, OIL FLOW, WATER CUT & GOR

Zs Pop Top Zop Vg,op= G

Ps Ts
Comp Operating Operating Comp Gas Flow at Operating
Pressure Std Temp Std Factor Pressure Temp Factor Conditions

PSIA Rankine No. PSIA Rankine No. G, in Ft3/Day G, in BPD

14.7 520 0.9987 100 600 0.9937 84,383 15,028

14.7 520 0.9987 200 700 0.9927 295,044 52,546
14.7 520 0.9987 300 800 0.9948 1,501,805 267,463
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c flow-rate. These
s in either percentage (0-100%) or corresponding Fraction (0.0 to 1.0) as needed.

id crude (SCF/BBL)
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& WC Not necessary. Go to Row for case-2 for GVF calculation.

range of GVF by varying oil, water cut, GOR or flows.
ken as negligible
er other worksheet titled "Z Calculation" in this file
S use other worksheet to correctly input Z values.
CUT & GOR
GAS
GAS+OIL+WATER VOLUME(VOID)
Total Liquid Flow at
Operating Conditions FRACTION= 100*G/
(G+O+W)
BLPD GVF in %

18,361 81.85
62,546 84.01
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Description: This spreadsheet calculates gas compressibility factor based on
Brill and Beggs correlation.

Instruction: 1) Select a unit system; 2) Update data in the Input Data section;
3) Review result in the Solution section.

Input Data: 1 0
Pressure: 14.7 psia 30 MPa 14.7
Temperature: 60 F 100 C 92
Gas specific gravity: 0.65 air = 1 0.65 air = 1 0.65
Mole fraction of N2: 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mole fraction of CO2: 0.08 0.08 0.08
Mole fraction of H2S: 0.02 0.02 0.02

Solution:

Pseudocritical pressure = 697 psia 4.74 MPa

Pseudocritical temperature = 345 R 191.53 K
Pseudo-reduced pressure = 0.02 0.02
Pseudo-reduced temperature = 1.60 1.60
A= 0.4684 0.4684
B= 0.0053 0.0053
C= 0.0668 0.0668
D= 0.9849 0.9849
Gas compressibility factor z = 0.9987 0.9987

Reference: Brill-Beggs-Z.xls http://petroleumsupport.com/brill-beggs-z/

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