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- Title
Case Study: Successful Application of a Novel Gas Lift Valve in Low Pressure Wells in Fuling Shale Gas Field.
- Authors
Liu, Qiaoping; Tang, Jingfei; Ke, Wenqi; Wang, Haibo; Orivri, Uzezi Davis
- Abstract
The Fuling shale gas field is facing a rapid gas production decline due to heavy liquid loading issues. Given the condition that most wells are located at remote areas in the mountains, the traditional gas lift methods that require either fixed compressor or skid-mounted gas lift trucks do not seem feasible and occur high operation costs. A new type of gas lift valve that can be opened or closed at a low valve dome pressure indicates the high sensitivity to low production pressure. Thus, the piping line pressure can be utilized to activate the valve due to its new advantages. In addition, the specially designed structure of the gas lift valve can be activated via pressure increases in the tubing to create a channel between the tubing and annulus. The valve that previously functioned as a dummy valve was then switched to a gas lift valve. Field application results show that all wells were successfully restarted by only utilizing the low piping pressure, and loaded liquid was lifted with gas production at an incremental rate that reached up to 27.4 × 10 kscm/d per well. Fewer slickline operations were conducted to replace the dummy valve. The result of the application shows that the new type of gas lift system has a wide range of application prospect for low pressure wells, especially for shale gas wells.
- Subjects
OIL well gas lift; OIL shales; SHALE gas; VALVES; GAS wells; FORKLIFT trucks; GAS compressors
- Publication
Processes, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
2227-9717
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pr11010019