Coiled Tubing Gas Lift Using

McMurry-Macco® Lift Systems

Solves Fluid-Loading Well
Issues to Recover Last of
Field Reserves
Location: Newton County, Texas
Brookeland field, Austin Chalk
Well types: A. 8,840-ft vertical cased hole
with 4,838-ft openhole lateral

B. 11,110-ft vertical cased hole

with 2,944- and 3,851-ft
openhole laterals

Objectives
• Recover tail-end reserves from marginal, fluid-
loading wells.
• Well A: Circumvent tubing, rod wear, and solid
sticking problems with gas lift.
• Well B: Convert from intermittent to full-time
production, if possible.
Results
• Well A: Installed 1 1/2-in. coiled tubing (CT) and
McMurry-Macco lift equipment with invertible
packer for producing up the tubing. Achieved
wanted levels of oil and gas production.
• Well B: Installed 1 1/4-in. CT and McMurry-Macco
equipment for gas lift up annulus. Producing oil
and gas 7 days/week.

Value to Client
• Significant cost savings realized by eliminating pulling jobs and avoiding fishing jobs where a portion of the
tubing could not be pulled.
• Injection gas usage cut more than 50 percent: 200 to 250 MCFD versus 500 MCFD for conventional gas lift.
• Well A: Total CT gas lift installation made in one day. Substantial savings from elimination of pumping units
and downhole failures. Payout for installation realized in one month.
• Well B: Total CT gas lift installation made in one day. Production tripled by producing well every day rather
than intermittently. Payout realized in three months.

For more information, contact Ron Schmidt, at ron.schmidt@weatherford.com.

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