SYLLABUS

GASLIFT DESIGN AND OPERATIONS

Instructor: Dr.-Ing.Ir. Rudi Rubiandini R.S.
Course Level: Advanced
Who Should Attend
Surface facilities, Production engineers, and Technicians, Production Supervisor and
other professional with little to moderate knowledge/experience in gas lift operation
and equipment.
You will learn

About The Course

This course is performed to Improve and enhance of understanding and skill process
operators/supervisors of the basic approach of nodal analysis gas lift design,
problem solving reducing cost and increasing production. Improving the participants
overall knowledge on gas lift operations. Increasing the accuracy and completeness
of there daily operation reports.
This course will provide the participants with the overall knowledge about designing
gas lift operation, not only for single string gaslift but also for dual strings gas lift and
fixed mandrell design.
Classroom session utilizing maximum possible visual aids and cut of models.
Combination of theoretical lectures and application of theories in general practical
situation utilizing models, chart, diagram,etc.
The participants will also be taught in using computer software to optimizing gas lift
design, in computer workshop session at the end of course.
Course Contents
Oil and Gas Reservoir
Types of Reservoir Rocks
Reservoir Formation
Reservoir Driving Mechanism
Testing of Oil and Gas Properties
Calculation of Reservoir Physical Properties
Basic Production Techniques
Reservoir Flow Energy
Oil Well Production Testing

 Hydrocarbons phase Behaviors

Oil Properties
Gas Properties
Pressure Losses in Production System
Oil and Gas Production System
Graphical Calculation
Calculation of Pressure loss in Choke Using Gilbert, Ros, Baxendel,and
Achong Correlations
Selection of Production Pipe Diameter, Flowline, and Choke Size
Principles of Two Phase Flow in Pipe
Basic of Nodal System Analysis
Gas lift Equipment and Valve Mechanism
Gas lift Equipment
Gas lift Valve Mechanism
Application of Gas Properties in Gas lift Well
Introduction
Gas Injection Pressure Gradient
Influence of Temperature to Valve Dome Pressure
Gas Flow in Gas lift Valve
Design of Gas lift Installation
Intermittent Gas lift
Continuous Gas lift
Design of Fixed Madrell Continuous Gas lift Installation
Introduction
Planning of Continuous Gaslift for Well Equip with Gas lift Madrell
Design Procedure for Fixed Mandrell
Design of Dual Gas lift Installation
Consideration of Gas lift Valve for Dual Strings Completion
Selection of Dual Gas lift Valve
Design of Fixed Mandrell Valve
Trouble Shooting for Continuous Flow Gaslift Installation
Surface Data
Bottom Hole Data
Surface Equipment for Continuous Flow Gas lift Injection
Reading of Surface Record Chart Example

 Trouble Shooting for Intermittent Gas lift Installation

Trouble Shooting Using Surface Data
Trouble Shooting Using Bottom hole Data
Reading of Surface Record Chart Example
Application of Computer Software for Gas lift Analysis and Design
Gas lift Analysis
Gas lift Design

About The Instructor

Rudi Rubiandini R.S. is a lecturer for undergraduate and graduate degree at the
Petroleum Engineering Department, Bandung Institute of Technology. He received a
B.S. degree in PE at ITB in 1985 and Dr.-Ingenieurs (Dr.-Ing.) from Technische
Universitaet Clausthal, West Germany. He is as guest lecturer and external examiner
in University of Technology Malaysia. He had also been a secretary in PE
Department ITB from 1995 to 1998.
He has conducted some research works in Petroleum Engineering subject. He has
also been a consultant for some major oil company such as Pertamina, Kodeco,
Vico, Maxus, BP- Arco, Exxon-Mobil Oil, Unocal, Devon/Santa Fe, Total FinaElf, etc.
He has published a lot of written papers for SPE Journal, JTM, JTMGB, IATMI
Congress and also has been invited as Keynote Speaker of Borehole Instability and
The Role of Rock Mechanics at 1994 SPE-Forum Series in Asia Pacific; Speaker on
Horizontal Drilling Technology Luncheon Talk at Caltex in 1994; Keynote Speaker
on The Application of Horizontal Drilling in Petroleum Industry Seminar at
Yogyakarta in 1997; Technical Presentation of Horizontal Drilling Technologies
Innovation for Energy Improvement from Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Sector at ITB
Senate Community in 1998, Panelist for Community Development in Petroleum
Industry, 2001.
He is an instructor for public/in-house courses in some Oil Company in field of
Drilling, Production, Facilities, and other Petroleum aspects.
He is the best paper presenter in IATMI Symposium in 2000 and also 2001.

Handbook and Language

Bahasa Indonesia will be used as the language of instruction. However, the technical
and oil field terms will still be in English.
Venue

Time

FREE!!
PETROLEUM
SOFTWARE