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Continuous
Continuously injecting gas into the tubing or casing at a predetermined depth to decrease the pressure opposite the producing formation.
Intermittent Flow
Injection of high pressure gas into the tubing at adequate volume and pressure to lift the fluid head accumulated above the valve with maximum velocity.
Gas is injected into the casing. Fluid is u-tubed through all open valves. No formation fluids being retrieved because all fluids are from the tubing and casing
The fluid has been unloaded to top valve #5 . The fluid is bubbling above this point in the tubing and fluid density decreases. Pressure is decreased at top valve, as well as all lower valves. Unloading carry on through lower valves.
Fluid level is now below valve #4. Injection transfers to valve #4 and pressure is lowered.
All gas is being injected through valve #4 . Lower valves remain open. A decline in casing pressure causes upper valves to close in series.
All gas is being injected through valve #3 . Lower valves remain open. A decline in casing pressure causes upper valves to close in series.
Main objective to identify optimal gas injection allocation such that maximizing oil production
STEP 1
a set of data relating gas injection to oil production from each well are collected. The data obtained from field data or numerical simulation data
STEP 2
a regression or interpolation method is applied to estimate the nonlinear function which relates gas injection to liquid production.
STEP 3
a constrained optimization problem is built and solved numerically using non linear programming methods or another methods such as genetic algorithm.
Source of gas must be available to ensure continuous process of gas lift. The gas needed to be treated first because some of it are corrosive. This increases the cost of gas lift. The initial gas lift system installation usually comes with expensive cost compared to other single well pumping system and also requires longer lead time and greater preparation..
This lift system is not suitable for very low pressured reservoirs because it cannot achieve as great a pressure drawdown as some conventional pumping system. The conversion process of original old well to gas lift systems well needed high level of casing integrity compared to normal pumping system.
Paraffin
Low viscosity crudes
Gas lift made the production of oil more efficient and economic. The gas lift BEST for producing when producing wells cant flow on their own, increasing the production of a flowing well, producing deviated and horizontal wells, and overcoming sand and scale problems To make the gas lift more economical and more efficient, the optimization of the gas lift needed to be done