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Free Tools for Gas-Well Operators

A small library of browser-based engineering tools and open-source utilities for natural gas well operators. Use them as quick references at the truck or as planning aids before you commit to a workover. None require an account.

Calculators

Calculator · Liquid Loading

Critical Velocity Calculator (Turner / Coleman / Lea)

Enter tubing ID, flowing tubing pressure, temperature, gas SG, and liquid type. Get critical velocity (ft/s) and critical rate (Mcfd) from all three correlations side-by-side, with a regime-aware recommendation for which one to use as your operational threshold.

FreeNo signupLive calc

Open-source libraries

Python Library · Apache 2.0

wellrx-tcl — gas well critical-velocity for Python

The Python companion to the calculator above. Compute Turner / Coleman / Lea critical velocity and critical rate programmatically. Useful when you need to run the calc across a portfolio, embed it in a notebook, or drop it into a SCADA pipeline. Apache-2.0 licensed.

pip installPython ≥3.10Open source

Field guides

Field Guide · Liquid Loading

7 Early-Warning Signs Your Gas Well Is Loading Up — Before MCF Drops

The SCADA signals that fire 5-14 days before MCF rate confirms a well is loaded. With critical-velocity context, a 24-hour decision tree, and the cost of misdiagnosis ($10k–$40k per workover).

Field Guide · Plunger Lift

Plunger Lift Optimization Checklist — 21 Points That Actually Move Production

Pre-tuning data, target arrival velocity by plunger type, cycle and afterflow tuning rules, fall-time triggers, and a tune-vs-redesign decision matrix. Field-engineer-grade reference.

Overview Guide

The Five Problems That Quietly Drain Gas-Well Revenue

Liquid loading, paraffin, artificial lift drift, chemical program drift, and gathering/RTU faults — the SCADA signatures of each, the cost exposure, and why daily automated review catches them faster than manual scroll.

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