GAS LIFT

6/6/20
High pressure gas is injected into a
fluid column to reduce the density
of the fluid from the point of gas
injection to the surface.

The injection gas supplements the

formation gas and lightens the
flowing fluid traverse above the
point of injection. This allows a
lower reservoir pressure to lift the
fluids to the surface.
There are four categories of wells in which a gas lift can be
considered:

 High productivity index (PI), high bottom-hole pressure

wells
 High PI, low bottom-hole pressure wells
 Low PI, high bottom-hole pressure wells
 Low PI, low bottom-hole pressure wells
 Continuous Gas Lift
 A continuous gas lift operation is
a steady-state flow of the
aerated fluid from the bottom
(or near bottom) of the well to
the surface.
 Continuous gas lift method is
used in wells with a high PI (0.5
stb/day/psi) and a reasonably
high reservoir pressure relative
to well depth.
Intermittent Gas Lift
 Intermittent gas lift operation is
characterized by a start-and-
stop flow from the bottom (or
near bottom) of the well to the
surface. This is unsteady state
flow.
 Intermittent gas lift method is
suitable to wells with high PI and
low reservoir pressure or low PI
and low reservoir pressure.
Training on GAS LIFT