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Gas-Lift Surveillance Techniques
Jim Hall, Shell International EPCleon Dunham, Oilfield Automation
20 – 30 Participants
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Gas-Lift Surveillance Techniques• Objectives
• Deep• Stable• Optimum
• Data gathering / reporting• Charge – 95% of data not used• Objective
- Collect key data once per minute- Have “system” check all data- If well is OK, nothing is reported- If well is sick (exception), it “calls for help”- People use data to troubleshoot problem wells
• What data is needed?
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Gas-Lift Surveillance• Measurements Need Want Use
Surface• Pinj Y Y GL analysis• Qinj Y Y GL
analysis/control• Pwh Y Y GL analysis• Qliq Y GL
optimization• Twh Y Detect change
in H2O• Pfl Y GL analysis• Tambient Y Twh analysis
Downhole• Pwf Y GL
optimization• T Y GL analysis• Qinj Y GL
analysis/control• Qsinglephase Y GL
optimization• Tcontinuous Y GL
troubleshooting
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Gas-Lift Surveillance• Performance Indicators
• TGLR Hydraulic effectiveness
• IGLR Economic effectiveness
• FGLR Must be calculated• BS&W What is being lifted• Others
• What if Downhole Instruments Fail• Run flowing gradient survey• Conduct accurate well test• Calibrate multi-phase model
• Use calibrated model with measured surface data in between surveys and well tests
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Gas-Lift Control MethodControl Method Frequency of Use
• Lift gas rate• Manual Common• Automatic Fairly common• Downhole1 Very new
• Injection pressure• Manual -• Automatic Rarely• Downhole1 Very new
• Production pressure• Manual Fairly common• Automatic Very
specialized
1 If using downhole control, need automatic fallback to surface method