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• Main Author: HAFIDZ ARIEF (NIM 12205037); Pembimbing: Ir. Tutuka Ariadji, M.Sc., Ph.D., IBNU
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/13535
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Gas production rate is the most important parameter to be determined for gas field development. Gas production rate should be kept at its optimum value. If the production rate is too high or too low, it will result poorer reservoir performance than its optimum circumstance. A way to calculate the optimum gas rate is using nodal analysis. The optimum point is obtained from the intersection between inflow performance and outflow performance graph. Consequently, if both curves are changed, the optimum point will also be changed. This method uses software to calculate the result therefore it is not practical to be applied in the field. To overcome this, people in the field usually use a rule of thumb that is 30% of AOFP as the initial optimum rate of the wells even though it has no scientific proven. In this paper, using a simulation method, a new equation has been derived to calculate the optimum gas rate of a dry gas well to replace that rule of thumb. The new equation can quickly generate a scientific based output and accurate for any well conditions if compared to the previous rule of thumb.