Survey of methods and techniques developed for the solution of the continuous gas-lift optimization problem over the

last two decades These range from isolated single-well analysis all the way to real-time multivariate optimization schemes encompassing all wells in a field.The good optimisation method should include Effect of inter-dependent wells on common flow line Capacity to produce an effect(efficacy) and quality of solution obtained while dealing with large number of wells. While some methods are clearly limited due to their neglect of treating the effects of interdependent wells with common flow lines, other methods are limited due to the efficacy and quality of the solution obtained when dealing with large-scale networks comprising hundreds of difficult to produce wells. Introduction The introduction of lift gas to a non-producing or low-producing well is a common method of artificial lift. Natural gas is injected at high pressure from the casing into the well-bore and mixes with the produced fluids from the reservoir). The continuous aeration process lowers the effective density and therefore the hydrostatic pressure of the fluid column, leading to a lower flowing bottom-hole pressure (b h).