The course starts by presenting a review of gas lift equipment, valve operation and the unloading process. Discussion is carried out on installation, commissioning, operation monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance. Recent innovations in gas lift technology will also be presented and discussed. After attending this course, participants will be able to identify, diagnose, analyze, and solve gas lift problems ensuring the efficient operation of gas lift systems and maximizing production. Well modelling software will be used to illustrate design and troubleshooting applications while network modelling software will illustrate gas lift gas allocation and field wide optimization techniques.

By the end of this training course, participants should be able to:

• Become familiar with gas lift methods, concepts of operation, and equipment
• Select the appropriate gas lift systems and equipment
• Design continuous-flow gas lift systems for new or existing wells
• Recognize the correct data required for well analysis and troubleshooting
• Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot the operating gas lift systems
• Increase production from their wells using gas lift technology and optimization

• Petroleum and Production Engineers
• Production Technology Engineers
• Completion Engineers
• Reservoir Engineers
• Drilling Engineers
• Other Company engineers involved in subsurface production operations
• Managers and Government Officials and others involved with the production systems
• Supervisors, Field Operators and Technicians

The training instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. The course material is rich with various training tools that ensure all participants gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective for all trainees to participate, share their thoughts, and inquire about their in-house challenges.

Module One: Production System Analysis & Artificial Lifting Theory

• Reservoir drive mechanisms
• Produced fluids properties
• Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR)
• Outflow Vertical Lift Performance (VLP)
• Multiphase flow and Multiphase flow correlations
• Pressure Losses in Wellbore
• Flow patterns and regimes
• System nodal analysis
• Selecting the appropriate artificial lift strategy
• Gas lift concept and importance

Module Two: Introduction to Gas Lift Technology

• Historical development and evolution of gas lift technology
• Natural flow vs gas lift
• Applications of gas lift
• Types of Gas Lift
  • Continuous gas flow
  • Intermittent gas flow
• Main considerations surrounding gas lift systems
• Optimum GLR and injection depth
• Advantages and disadvantages

Module Three: Gas Lift Downhole Equipment

• Gas lift mandrels
• Gas Lift Valves and their components
• Kick-over Tool’s operations (installation and removal)
• Surface Flow Control Equipment
• Gas lift valve types (IPO and PPO valves)
• Criteria for selecting the appropriate gas lift valves
• Gas lift valve mechanics
• Force Balance Theory and equations
• Orifice gas lift valve behavior

Module Four: Gas Lift Systems Diagnosis, Practical Troubleshooting and Optimization

• Gas lift operations and monitoring
• Procedure for unloading a new well
• Gas lift diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Key concepts and procedure for analysis
  • Identifying common problems and challenges
  • Examples of automation charts
• Flowing gradient survey interpretation and matching
  • Determination of injection depth, orifice pressure drop,
• Dealing with problem wells (instability, slugging, multi-point injection )
• Data analysis and data-driven optimization techniques

Module Five: Gas Lift Systems Design

• Factors influencing the design of gas lift systems
• Pressure gradient traverse plots and generation using multiphase flow correlations
• Gas lift unloading process and sequence and key factors to ensure success
• Gas lift design overview and principles
• Determining the optimal injection depth and gas injection rates
• Consideration of safety factors for mandrel spacing and valves operation
• Constant Casing Pressure Drop Method
• Bracketing
• Re-design of a gas lift valve setting for an existing well

Module Six: Well Modelling Using software

• Factors
• Gas Lift system design
• Well performance analysis and evaluation
• Gas Lift system optimization
• Perform nodal analysis using software
• Introduction to surface network modelling
• Advances in gas lift valve technology
• Recap of key course concepts and learning

A RECTUS attendance certificate will be awarded to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total course duration.