Oil & Gas and Petroleum
Gas Lift Design, Operation and Troubleshooting

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Gas Lift Design, Operation and Troubleshooting Course
Introduction:
Course Objectives:
By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:
- Learn about production optimization using artificial lift systems
- Understand the equipment used in the gas lift system
- Learn how to perform gas lift design with different methods
- Learn how to deal with different problems during gas lift operations
- Get familiar with different new technology in gas lift
Who Should Attend?
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Design and maintenance professionals
- Petroleum engineers
- Production technology engineers
- Reservoir Engineers
- Production engineers
- Field operators
- Production technicians
- System Nodal analysis
Course Outlines:
Introduction
- Basic Principles of Oil Production
- Factors that affect Oil Production
- Reservoir Drawdown
- System Nodal analysis
- General System Analysis
- Inflow Performance (Darcy IPR & Vogel IPR)
- Inflow Performance Prediction
- Reservoir Drive Mechanism
- Outflow Performance
- Flow Pattern
- Stability of flow & Minimum Lifting Rate
- Outflow Performance Prediction
- Design of tubing
- Group Exercises
Multi-well System
- Adding Multiple wells & nods
- Artificial Lift Methods
- Performance Optimization
- Artificial Lift Overview
- Artificial Lift Criteria
- Gas Lift Technology
- Gas Lift Process
- Types of gas lift system
- Advantage & limitation of gas lift
- Gas lift concept
- Why gas lift is a typical method
- Unloading gas lift wells
- Gas Lift Equipment
- Gas lift valve component
- Types of gas lift valves
- Checks, Latches, & Mandrels
- Installation & Removal
- Wire line procedure
- Running & pulling
- Procedure for setting gas lift valves
- Gas lift work-shop
- Video
- Group Exercises
Valves Mechanism
- Closing Force
- Opening Force
- Test Rack Opening Pressure
- Gas Passage
- Fundamental of Gas Lift Design
- Continuous flow gas lift design
- Continuous flow gas lift re-design
- Effect of Temperature
- Intermittent lift methods & design
- Video
- Case study
- Group Exercises
Dual Gas Lift Installation
- Gas Lift System Evaluation
- Gas Lift Survey Procedure
- Gas Lift Survey Objective
- Problems & Solving
- Group Exercises
- Surging Production
- Reasons for surging
- Surging solving
- Group Exercises
Trouble Shooting Gas Lift Wells
- New Wells
- Old Wells
- Problems & Solving
- Production Optimization
- Optimization Curve
- Optimization using incremental GOR
- Video
- Group Exercises