API GAS LIFT TASK GROUP CHAIR - JIM BENNETT EXXONMOBIL

API GAS LIFT TASK GROUP

CHAIR - JIM BENNETT

EXXONMOBIL

TASK GROUP MEMBERS• JACK BLANN

• ERIC BRAUNER

• JACK BRINK

• JOE CLEGG

• MEL COHEN

• KEN DECKER

• ED DEMOSS

• CLEON DUNHAM

• PAUL EADS

• FAUSTINO FUENTES

• BOB GRAY

• ALI HERNANDEZ

• NORMAN HEIN

• KEN HILSE

• JIM HOLT

• MIKE JOHNSON

• ERIC LAINE

• JIM LEA

• WAYNE MABRY

• JOHN MARTINEZ

• SHAUNA NOONAN

• HENRY NICKENS

• MARK OGLIER

• BOOTS ROUEN

• ROGER STINSON

• CINDY TUCKNESS

• TOM VAN AKKEREN

• TOMMY WHITE

• HERALD WINKLER

• BURNEY WARING

NEW MEMBERS NEEDED

• WORK ON RECOMMENDED PRACTICES– OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND

TROUBLESHOOTING IS UNDERGOING REVIEW AT THIS TIME

• SUGGEST OTHER TOPICS AND PUT TOGETHER A TEAM TO WORK ON THE RP– PRODUCTION PRESSURE OPERATED (PPO) DESIGN– DUAL GAS LIFT INSTALLATIONS

• CONTACT JIM BENNETT TO JOIN– [email protected]

LIST OF SPECs AND RPs – 11V1

• Spec 11V1 – Gas Lift Valves, Orifices, Reverse Flow Valves and Dummy Valves

• Wayne Mabry – Work Group Leader

• Spec on gas lift valves orifices, reverse flow valves, and dummy valves

• Will be replaced in the future by ISO specification


• RP 11V2 – Gas Lift Valve Performance Testing

• Ken Decker – Work Group Leader• Covers the test procedures for flow

performance testing of wireline retrievable and tubing retrievable IPO (injection pressure operated), and PPO (production pressure operated) gas lift valves


• RP 11V5 – Operation, Maintenance, and Trouble-Shooting of Gas Lift Installations

• Cleon Dunham – Work Group Leader

• Covers RPs on kickoff and unloading, adjustment procedures, troubleshooting diagnostic tools, and location of problem areas for gas lift operations

• The RP is in the initial phase of revision – contact Cleon Dunham to participate


• RP 11V6 – Design of Continuous Flow Gas Lift Installations Using Injection Pressure Operated Valves

• Joe Clegg – Work Group Leader

• Sets guidelines for continuous flow gas lift installation designs using injection pressure operated valves


• RP 11V7 – Repair, Testing and Setting Gas Valves

• John Martinez – Work Group Leader

• Applies to repair, testing, and setting gas lift valves and reverse flow (check) valves. It presents guidelines related to the repair and reuse of valves; these practices are intended to serve both repair shops and operators.

PROPOSED RP – UP FOR APPROVAL – 11V8

• RP 11V8 – Gas Lift System Design and Performance Prediction

• John Martinez – Work Group Leader• The RP emphasizes gas lift as a system and

discusses methods used to predict its performance. Information must be gathered and models validated prior to a system design, which must precede wellbore gas lift mandrel and valve design. The subsurface and surface components of the system must be designed together to enhance the strengths of each and to minimize the constraints.

RP 11V8

1.0 Overview of a Gas Lift System 21.1 Major Components of a Gas Lift System 2

A. Gas Compression and Distribution SystemB. Subsurface EquipmentC. Gas and Liquid Gathering System

1.2 Ways in Which System Components Interact 5

2.0 Types of Gas Lift Systems 72.1 Continuous Gas Lift 72.2 Intermittent Gas Lift 8

A. Two-Packer ChamberB. Insert Chamber

2.3 Gas lift with Plunger 102.4 Gas Lift Tubing/Packer Alternatives 11

A. OpenB. Semi-ClosedC. Closed

3.0 Information Required for Effective Gas Lift 133.1 Fluid PVT Data 13 A. PVT Data Available B. PVT Data Not Available3.2 Flowing Pressure and Temperature Surveys 17 A. Pressure Surveys B. Measured Temperatures3.3 Production Tests 19 A. Test Accuracy B. Test Frequency C. Test Duration D. Flowline Purging3.4 Gas lift Valve Performance Information 23 A. Types of Gas lift Valves B. Valve Opening C. Valve Gas Passage Performance3.5 Field Constraints 25 A. Available Pressure for Injection B. Minimum Wellhead Pressure C. Maximum Gas Availability D. Other Constraints

4.0 Well Deliverability 324.1 Basic Models 32 A. Fluid Pressure Profile B. Gas Pressure Profile C. Temperature Profile D. Inflow Performance4.2 System Models 40 A. Production Rate vs. Bottomhole Pressure B. Production Rate vs. Injection Depth C. Production Rate vs. Injection Gas Rate D. Production Rate vs. Wellhead Pressure E. Effects of Deeper/Shallower Injection Depths F. Predicting Gas Requirements

5.0 Factors which Affect Potential Production Rate and Gas Injection Requirement 46

5.1 Casing Pressure and Gas Injection Rate 465.2 Depth of Injection 485.3 Casing, Tubing, and Flowline Sizes 495.4 Gas lift Valves 515.5 Reservoir Depth, Pressure, and Temperature 525.6 Well Inflow Productivity 535.7 Percent Water in Produced Fluid 545.8 Solution and Free Gas in Produced Fluid 545.9 Operating Separator Pressure 555.10 Wellbore Deviation 55

6.0 Other Gas Lift Design Considerations 576.1 Gas Supply 57 A. Compressor Power B. Suction Pressure vs. Gas Lift Gas Requirement C. Gas Dehydration D. Chemical Additives6.2 Gas Lift Gas Distribution System 67 A. Trunk Line System B. Spider System C. Combination System6.3 Injection Gas Measurement and Control 69 A. Gas Measurement Methods B. Gas Injection Rate Control Methods C. Automatic Measurement and Control6.4 Gathering, Testing, and Handling of Produced Fluids 72 A. Effects of Various Wellhead Designs B. Flowline Effects C. Effective Well Testing6.5 Special Design Cases 73 A. Dual Completions B. Annular Flow C. Lifting with CO2 or N2

7.0 Gas lift Optimization 767.1 Economic Basis for Optimization 767.2 Determination of Gas lift System Economic Costs and Benefits 777.3 Implementation of Field Optimization 797.4 What is Practical and What is Impractical 81

8.0 Computer Design Tools 838.1 Vertical Pressure Profile Models 83 A. Empirical Models B. Mechanistic Models8.2 Vertical Temperature Profile Models 878.3 Well Inflow Performance Models 88

9.0 Operating Considerations 919.1 Gas lift Operator's Problems 919.2 Design Strategies for Effective Long Term Operation 959.3 Check List of Gas lift System Problems and Recommendations 96

API GAS LIFT TASK GROUPTO VOLUNTEER- CONTACT

CHAIR - JIM BENNETT

EXXONMOBIL

EMAIL: [email protected]

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API GAS LIFT TASK GROUP CHAIR - JIM BENNETT EXXONMOBIL