AppSmiths Technologies

Solving your toughest production challenges.

Building on our industry-respected, legacy gas-lift

optimization solutions and domain knowledge,
AppSmiths brings a customer-centric approach and
innovative technologies and services to meet your
toughest production challenges.

Proven hardware and digital solutions.

What We Can Do For You

We begin with the history and current well data so that our production solutions are matched
very specifically to the task at hand. AppSmiths’ expertise in enhancing well performance and
our meticulous petroleum engineering approach ensures the challenge is well understood before
a solution is recommended.

Lost production, inefficient systems, downtime due to intervention,

unrealized maximum recovery, and un-optimized performance are
just a few of the problems oil and gas operators encounter in daily
operations. Add to that list diminished staff expertise, a volatile
marketplace, Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) concerns, and
a high cost of production in mature wells, and
you have a pretty clear picture of today’s working
environment. Operators need a trusted resource
to help them optimize performance in difficult and
traditional onshore and offshore operations.

You need a company with a track record of

success across the globe and the expertise
and cutting-edge tools and services to partner
with you and apply well analysis, surveillance,
and optimization solutions while delivering a
clear, accurate production insight and increased
efficiencies. And you need these solutions
delivered quickly, safely, and in a professional,
consultative manner.

Global Footprint and Experience

AppSmiths has delivered gas-lift
technology, consulting, and training
to international operators, National
Oil Companies (NOCs), Independent
Oil Companies (IOCs) and small
domestic operators since 1993.

With offices in Texas, Oman, and

Malaysia, we deliver results that
positively impact production and
an oil company’s bottom line. Projects Offices

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Who We Are

AppSmiths has assembled a highly talented team of optimization and engineering specialists
whose depth of expertise and knowledge enable us to address hidden inefficiencies achieving
optimal control of your assets, enabling safer operations, and maximizing production.

In 1993, AppSmiths was founded in Houston to develop a gas-lift

design and optimization software tool for Shell Oil Company.
Five years later, this solution (WinGLUE®) became commercially
available outside of their primary client and was introduced to
the marketplace. The company’s petroleum engineering software
tools enable oil and gas operators and engineers to model,
analyze, design, and optimize an integrated production system.
Oil and gas companies globally have adopted the software and
many standardized on the technology.

Fast forward to today, other cutting-edge technologies have been

successfully commercialized with new technologies and research
and development as a top business strategy.

AppSmiths’ innovative digital and hardware tools, vast domain

knowledge, and focused approach to solving customer’s most
challenging production problems, have driven the success of the
company to date and will provide the power and focus to solve
tomorrows’ production challenges.

New Directions for

our Products and Services
Enhanced well AppSmiths is expanding our breadth of solutions to
surveillance and include a comprehensive suite of products to optimize
artificial-lift all forms of artificial lift as well as well testing and
design: flow management.
Digital oilfield / From predictive maintenance to IoT and automation,
IoT: digital technology holds the potential to transform
the industry. With high costs of production in maturing
wells and harsh operating conditions, these
technologies are already helping to improve
efficiency, increase safety, and boost profitability
in onshore and offshore assets.
Cloud-based applications
With the amount of data collected
from SCADA systems, the challenge
now becomes proper analysis and
use. AppSmiths is developing new
dashboards and analytics tools
that allow the operator to quickly
interpret such data and make
better decisions—faster.
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 What’s New in WellTracer ? ®

The cost of inefficient gas-lift systems reach far beyond the

financial implications. Equipment replacement cost, deferred
production, and health and safety implications must be
measured also. The reward of implementing gas-lift surveillance
and optimization activities across the entire asset has been
recorded by different operators in the range of 5% to 35%
increase in oil rate, and total recovery increases by >5%.

WellTracer is a patented gas-lifted well diagnostic and

surveillance tool, well suited to finding the primary point of gas
injection, even in highWellTracer Working
gas-oil-ratio (GOR) orWith
low injection-rate
WinGLUE
wells. WellTracer creates Modelssnapshot of the well
an accurate WellTracer surveys combined with the
performance by introducing a small volume of CO2 into the power of WinGLUE® software creates an
injection line, then measuring CO2 concentration at the well expert model for optimizing performance
head. One of the greatest strengths of this approach is that for an under-performing well or group of
wells. Well history, along with measured
there is no need to shut-in or run any type of well intervention, and real-time data helps you realize gains
resulting in greatly reduced risks to field personnel and reduced and save valuable resources and time.
risk to the well.

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Description WellTracer Flowing

Gradient Survey
Key Benefits Versus
Identify primary point of gas injection
Other Tools/Survey Methods
Identify tubing leaks, including leaks
passing small amounts of gas
Verify gas-lift models
Identify injection rates and how much lift
The WellTracer survey is proven
gas is injected into each point of injection more accurate than other gas-lift
Reasonable results in high GOR or surveillance methods in quantifying
low-injection rate wells
the amount of gas coming from each
Accurately determine flowing
bottom-hole pressure injection point or leak.
Does not require well intervention
A recent case study with a super
major showcased a WellTracer project
The equipment is highly portable and requires only simple
where 53% of the gas-lifted wells were
surface wellhead connections. This cost-effective gas-lift
identified as suffering from sub-optimal
troubleshooting solution can result in significant production
lifting conditions. The combined effort
improvements and/or injection gas savings by:
of in-depth gas-lift well modelling, new
• Detecting operating lift depth valve design, and an asset-wide gas-lift
• Detecting if multiple points of injection are occurring system de-bottlenecking resulted in a
staggering 31% increase in
• Detecting tubing leaks
oil production.*
• Validating lift gas injection and other measurements
• Identifying lift gas rate through each injection point

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*The International Petroleum Technology Institute
ASME 37th Gas-Lift Workshop
Houston Texas USA, Feb 2014
Dual Wells

Dual-string completions are attractive

to oil and gas operators for many
reasons and offer significant commercial
advantages such as better well
economics and accelerated production
from multiple reservoirs.

When a dual-string well is gas-lifted,

the operator will sometimes face
additional operating complexities such
as: production rate drop; multipointing;
unstable casing head pressure; or a
“thief” string, robbing an inproportionate
amount of the lift gas.

An effective solution for dual wells

is AppSmiths’ WellTracer® analysis
survey to ensure the dual-string,
gas-lifted well is operating at its’ peak
efficiency. The WellTracer survey
allows operators to understand the
dynamic interaction between the
long-string and short-string.

Many industry well modelling software

tools only allow well modelling analysis
for one well string at a time. Used in
conjunction with the WellTracer
solution, WinGLUE® software is
specially designed to allow
simultaneous modelling for both
strings. Innovative workflows built-in
to the software, preserve the accuracy
of well modelling results for a better
gas-lift valve design and
optimized production.

Both WellTracer and WinGLUE have

been recognized by leading industry
organizations and major operators as
a recommended practice in dual-well
gas-lift surveillance and operations.

Changing well conditions as the field depletes

presents opportunities for continuous gas-lift
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surveillance and optimization efforts to maintain
field production and production system efficiency.
 What’s New in WinGLUE Software? ®

WinGLUE is the most advanced gas-lift analysis software package on the market today. Users can perform well
design, simulation, performance prediction, and field-wide optimization. Operators and engineers can search for
hidden inefficiencies, evaluate the impact of correcting problems, and design new wells or suggest improvements
for problem wells. You can optimize the distribution of lift gas for a single well or the entire field. Surveillance,
design, and troubleshooting with WinGLUE software contributes to a direct increase in profitability and/or
a decrease in operating cost.

What’s new in WinGLUE 7.0

Many improvements and new features have been made to version 7.0,
but perhaps one of the most requested and significant changes is the
ability to run multiple instances of WinGLUE concurrently. This enables
a side-by-side comparison of well analyses and configuration information
between different wells. This capability is highly advantageous when
performing dual-string well analysis or “what-if” design scenarios. We
have also increased connectivity for sharing data with colleagues and
have added cloud-capability features to the software.

Production vs. Injection plot

Flowing Bottom Hole Pressure

While WinGLUE and WellTracer®

do not directly measure the flowing
bottom hole pressure (FBHP) like a
memory tool survey, WinGLUE
software does acurately calculate the
FBHP. WinGLUE uses this information
when evaluation the impact of
changing operating conditions or
the wells design. The production
engineer can also use this
information for other key calculations
and optimal well operation to ensure
maximum recovery.

WinGLUE
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 NEW TECHNOLOGY

The Gas-Lift Valve Reliability Database

Track and manage all of your gas-lift valves across operations. This labor-saving tool allows the user to store all
data from testing units such as the AVT System — Automatic Valve Tester.* The database is also integrated with
WinGLUE® software to provide a holistic end-to-end solution for operating gas lift wells.
• Tracks and manages all valve maintenance and installation activities
•
•
•



Enables data analysis regarding valves and valve-work practices
Improves valve reliability
Extends valve lifespans
GLV
DATABASE
TM

• Allows more efficient valve maintenance, repair, and installation

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The AVT System — Automatic Valve Tester

AVT
TM

Proper setting of gas-lift valves is critical for the optimization of well production and more
importantly, proper operations of the well. The AVT™ System offers the “best-in-class” solution
for gas-lift valve testing and performance characterization, optimizing your gas lift production. SYSTEM Lorem ipsum

Test purchased valve equipment performance and reliability with confidence.

New to the AppSmiths portfolio is the addition of the FieldwareTM software suite, newly licensed
from the Shell Oil Company. AppSmiths will be the exclusive global distributor/service company.

IOT and the Digital Oilfield

AppSmiths Technology is working with other leading tech companies by bringing our vast domain
knowledge to aid the development of solutions for the oilfield of the future. By
developing embedded logic for devices, or working on cloud/server-based software
solutions that can interpret this vast amount of data, we help you do what you do—better.

For many, the current oil and gas business climate represents the optimum time to carve out
processes and deploy technologies which facilitate cost reductions and optimize efficiencies. A recent
study shows many forward-thinking operators are planning to increase investment
in operations-support applications followed by critical, data-integration solutions,
even in a down market.*

Solutions on the near horizon include everything from devices creating, sharing, and analyzing data;
to cloud- or server-based software performing intelligent alarming and exception-based reporting.
Tomorrow’s digital oilfield challenges will not be trying to get data, but rather, how to manage and
analyze the vast amounts of data collected.

AppSmiths Technology is actively evolving the areas of machine learning, cognitive computing, and
exception-based surveillance, as well as artificial intelligence tools to better meet challenges and
solve your production problems. AppSmiths is also partnering with customers and development
companies that are making the digital oilfield of tomorrow, a reality today.
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*Upstream Intelligence White Paper, Turning data into dollars: Synthesizing business architecture and optimizing operations in the age of digitization
 Consulting Services and Customized Training
Part of the tremendous value we provide our clients is our ability to share our depth of experience
and industry knowledge in addition to our best-in-class products and services. We provide this value
through a variety of means. AppSmiths Technology offers several levels of technical support, consulting
services, training classes, advanced workshops, and custom software development to their clients to
meet individual needs and specific challenges.

The AppSmiths Technology staff and team of consultants possess over 200 years of combined gas-lift
experience. We offer a wide variety of training classes and will customize any course to suit individual needs.

• General gas-lift and WinGLUE® starter courses

• Gas-lift basics and WinGLUE software
• “Power user” courses for WinGLUE
PRODUCTS
• Advanced analysis tools and techniques,
& SERVICES
including dual-tubing completions TECHNOLOGY
AppSmiths has

• Field operators course on how to

proven, best-in-class
solutions for optimizing
oil and gas assets
operate, trouble shoot, and improve
gas-lift operations
• 5-day intensive engineer and operator course

Consulting services include:

EXPERIENCE
& DOMAIN PROCESSES
• In-house engineering support KNOWLEDGE

• Well design GLOBAL

• Model building EXPERIENCE WORKFLOWS
• Field analysis & KNOWLEDGE & PROCESSES
Operational excellence,
• Field auditing
Proven methodologies
people, and knowledge transfer to provide expert
to exceed expectations services and train staff
• Liquid-level measurement to customers to upgrade their skills
and improve workflows

services

Solving your toughest production challenges.

www.appsmiths.com l www.welltracer.com l www.winglue.com

AMERICAS MIDDLE EAST ASIA

1620 W. Sam Houston Parkway N.
Houston, TX 77043
TEL: +1-281-578-0154
inquiry@appsmiths.com
Suite 45, 4th Floor, Al-Raid House
Building No. 7414, Way No. 651
Qurum, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
TEL: +968 2456-6764
inquiry@appsmiths.com
A2-33A-3, Soho Suites @ KLCC
No 20 Jalan Perak,
50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
TEL: +60 3 2181 5550
inquiry@appsmiths.com
AppSmiths’ products and services are subject
to the Company’s standard terms and conditions,
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For more information, contact an authorized
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