High Reliability Gas Lift Flow Control Devices Increase Well Safety and Reduce Well Intervention Frequency Jun Xu – Shell Oil Company Jim Hall – Shell Oil Company William Franke – Shell Oil Company Guillermo Pastor – Shell Oil Company Nora Ghobrial – Shell Oil Company Tommy Hunt – JMI MFG., INC Ashby Breaux – JMI […]
Update on API and ISO Gas-Lift Standards and Recommended Practices Jim Hall, Shell International EP Wayne Mabry, Schlumberger Cleon Dunham, Oilfield Automation Consulting 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the International Standards Organization (ISO) are developing standards and recommended practices for the gas-lift industry. […]
Draft of New Regulations for Casing Pressure Russell Hoshman – Materials Management Service (MMS) 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Discussion of proposed changes to MMS regulations for casing pressure monitoring frequency, diagnostic testing, departure requests, and recordkeeping.
Gas Lift Optimization and Surveillance Using Dedicated Resources Cliff Corbell – ExxonMobil US Production Artificial Lift Engineer 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Gas lift surveillance and optimization explained with two case examples. What is true surveillance and optimization? How are they tied together? What are the real benefits? How […]
Gas Lifting on Tension Leg Platforms (TLPs) Nora Ghobrial – Shell International 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Shell is pursuing gas lift projects on most of its TLP’s in the Gulf of Mexico with Ram/Powell to be the 1st TLP to gas lift in Dec 2005. This presentation describes […]
The Use of Subsea Gas-Lift in Deepwater Applications Subash Jayawardena – Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. George Zabaras – Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. Leonid Dykhno – Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Subsea gas lift delivery system design, operating envelope, flow assurance concerns, case […]
API RP 11v11 Recommended Practice for The Use of Dynamic Simulation of Gas Lift Wells and Systems Juan Carlos Mantecon – SPT GROUP Yula Tang – Chevron Energy Technology Company ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Dynamic simulation and its current applications for gas-lift wells and systems. An overview of the […]
Penguins Subsea Gas Lift at 65 km Yaser Salman – Shell EPE Aberdeen Adrian Lee – Shell Global Solutions Wim der Kinderen – Shell EPE Aberdeen 2008 ALRDC ASME/API Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Field background, system limitations, flow assurance, commissioning, continuous gas lift, and conclusions.
Reliable Subsea Gas Lift System Meets the Challenge for Statoil’s Norne Satellites’ Development Eric Lovie – Schlumberger Artificial Lift Rina Stabell – Statoil Norway Tommy White – Schlumberger Artificial Lift 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4 – 8 Challenges of Statoil’s Norne Satellites development, review of solutions implemented, and well […]
When Wireline Won’t Work: Coil Tubing Gas Lift Valve Retrieval Carlos Fernandez – ExxonMobil 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Review of ExxonMobil’s experiences utilizing wireline and coil tubing for gas lift valve retrieval and setting in highly deviated wells. Detailed case study on a retrieval attempt made at the […]