Successful Barrier Gas Lift Valve Changeout Using an Upside-Down Kickover Tool in the Gulf of Mexico Stewart Shannon – Shell Nic Day – Shell Ryan Anderson – Shell Chuck Vecere – Shell Coll Brodie – PTC Pierre Foucher – Schlumberger 2024 ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop Stavanger, Norway June 4-6 Two assets in the Gulf of […]
Industry Pursuit of API 19G2 V0 – The Most Stringent Standards for FCD Barrier Qualification Rodney Bertrand – JMI Manufacturing Tommy Hunt – JMI Manufacturing Matthew Gautreau – JMI Manufacturing 2024 ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop Stavanger, Norway June 4-6 The American Petroleum Institute (API) Specification 19G2 sets forth the standards for the validation and functional […]
Using AI to Address Hidden Inefficiencies in Gas-Lifted Wells Burney Waring – Gas Lift Gurus Larry Peacock – Gas Lift Gurus Larry Lafferty – Gas Lift Gurus 2024 ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop Stavanger, Norway June 4-6 Important innovations enable us to do something faster and then do the impossible. Gas-lifted wells are challenging to manage […]
Real-Time Surveillance System for Gas Lift Troubleshooting Irina Sokolova – IPCOS Ilnur Mustafin – ConocoPhillips 2024 ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop Stavanger, Norway June 4-6 Gas lift surveillance and optimization pose significant challenges to oil and gas operations, particularly in monitoring a large number of wells. Manual efforts often result in oversight, delayed responses, and potential […]
Learnings from the Design and Testing of a New Surface-Controlled Gas Lift Valve Ole Sevheim – PTC Vidar Sandvik – PTC Eirik Halvorsen – PTC Nicole Lemon – Southwest Research Institute Jessica Brysch – Southwest Research Institute 2024 ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop Stavanger, Norway June 4-6 Petroleum Technology Corporation (PTC) and Emerson worked together to […]
Wells with Multiple Shearable Valves Using Barrier Qualified Casing Activated Shearable Technology Vegard Åsebø – Weatherford Mads R. Wiik – Weatherford Sondre Klakegg – Weatherford Bjørnar Sneeggen – Weatherford Andrew Edwards – Weatherford 2024 ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop Stavanger, Norway June 4-6 This paper presents the patented barrier qualified casing activated shearable valve technology. casing […]
Deep Water Gulf of Mexico – Challenging Hi Angle Subsea Gas Lift Valve Intervention Abstract This paper presents the technology utilized to efficiently replace a leaking Gas Lift Valve (GLV). The technical challenge was to replace the GLV, at short notice (due to the operating window), allow the Kickover Tool (KOT) to pass a minimum […]
Patterns of Innovation in Artificial Lift: S-Curves and Disruption for Surface Controlled Gas Lift and ESPs Joel Shaw – Silverwell Energy 2024 ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop Stavanger, Norway June 4-6 Most are familiar with the S-Curve. Maybe some are familiar with the disruption curve. The next step is the interactions between these in technology ecosystems. […]
Application of Shear Gas Lift Valves in the Pre-Salt Buzios Field Abstract: Since the beginning of pre-salt oil production, Petrobras has identified over 25 cases of failure in gas lift valves, characterized by unwanted flow from tubing to annulus. Out of these, at least 14 cases have required a rig intervention to replace the damaged […]
The Success Story of High Pressure Gas Lift In Onshore Unconventional Production Abstract: Scope/Objective This presentation explores an artificial lift method whose use is rapidly expanding in onshore North American unconventional reservoirs. High Pressure Gas Lift (HPGL) as it is known, is reviewed both from a historical and technical perspective. The factors behind HPGLs success […]