Advanced Gas Lift Design and Troubleshooting Course

• The optimum unloading procedures for gas lift wells to minimize the risk and saving
  operation time.
• How to optimize the production of gas lift wells and combine between continuous and
  intermittent gas lift system.
• Trouble shooting new and old gas lift wells will be covered in the course supporting by many
  cases.

• Basic Principles of Oil Production
• Factors that affect Oil Production
• Reservoir Drawdown
• System Nodal analysis
• General System Analysis
• Inflow Performance (Darcy IPR & Vogel IPR)
• Inflow Performance Prediction
• Reservoir Drive Mechanism
• Outflow Performance
• Flow Pattern
• Stability of flow & Minimum Lifting Rate
• Outflow Performance Prediction
• Design of tubing
• Performance Optimization
• Unloading gas lift wells
• Gas Lift Equipment
• Gas lift valve component
• Types of gas lift valves
• Checks, Latches, & Mandrels
• Installation & Removal
• Wire line procedure
• Running & pulling
• Procedure for setting gas lift valves
• Valves Mechanism
• Closing Force
• Opening Force
• Test Rack Opening Pressure
• Gas Passage
• Fundamental of Gas Lift Design
• Continuous flow gas lift design
• Continuous flow gas lift re-design
• Effect of Temperature
• Intermittent lift methods & design
• Dual Gas Lift Installation
• Gas Lift System Evaluation
• Gas Lift Survey Procedure
• Gas Lift Survey Objective
• Problems & Solving
• Surging Production
• Problems & Solving
• Production Optimization
• Gas Lift Programs

This course is suited for Production engineers, field supervisors, engineers with a basic knowledge in this area, among others, involved in the design, performance and monitoring of gas-lift installations

Classroom lectures and exercises
Final test (multiple answer test)

Core Certificate for each attendee