Research Article

A New Approach for Accurate Prediction of Liquid Loading of Directional Gas Wells in Transition Flow or Turbulent Flow

Table 1

Nonlinear fitting of Reynolds number and drag coefficient in transition flow and turbulence flow.

EquationModel summaryParameter estimates
df1df2Sig.Constant

Linear0.1210.966170.3580.271
Logarithmic0.2902.860170.1351.564
Quadratic0.7579.330260.0140.661
Cubic0.94025.902350.0021.143
Compound0.0460.336170.5800.214
Growth0.0460.336170.580