Method for monitoring gas lift wells using minimal concentration tracer materials

    公开(公告)号:US10030508B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-24

    申请号:US15229287

    申请日:2016-08-05

    摘要: Evaluating annulus-tubing communication points in a production well having an annulus between a production string and a surrounding string(s) of casing. Determining a composition of production fluids produced from the well, and injecting one or more tracer materials into the annulus of the well under pressure as part of a lift gas. Each of the one or more tracer materials defines a material that is not native to the production fluids, and each has a different rate of diffusivity in the lift gas. The tracer materials are detected upon being produced at the surface. A mass spectrometer or other analyzer capable of detecting tracer materials at concentrations of less than 1,000 ppm is used. Determining injection points of the one or more tracer materials, and determining whether each of the injection points represents a gas lift valve along the production tubing.

    GAS LIFT OPTIMIZATION EMPLOYING DATA OBTAINED FROM SURFACE MOUNTED SENSORS
    3.
    发明申请
    GAS LIFT OPTIMIZATION EMPLOYING DATA OBTAINED FROM SURFACE MOUNTED SENSORS 审中-公开
    使用从表面安装传感器获取的数据的气体提升优化

    公开(公告)号:US20160053593A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-25

    申请号:US14796862

    申请日:2015-07-10

    IPC分类号: E21B43/12 E21B47/06 E21B41/00

    摘要: A method of optimizing the operation of a gas lift well. The method includes the steps of: collecting data from at least one surface mounted sensor, the at least one surface mounted sensor including a skin-mounted temperature sensor, the at least one surface mounted sensor mounted to the gas lift well's surface equipment; collecting ambient temperature data; and determining gas lift performance from data so obtained. A system and field test kits for optimizing the operation of a gas lift well are also provided.

    摘要翻译: 一种优化气举井运行的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤:从至少一个表面安装的传感器收集数据,所述至少一个表面安装的传感器包括皮肤安装的温度传感器,所述至少一个表面安装的传感器安装到气举井的表面设备; 收集环境温度数据; 并从如此获得的数据确定气举性能。 还提供了用于优化气举井操作的系统和现场测试工具。

    Side Pocket Mandrel for Plunger Lift
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200032592A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16396294

    申请日:2019-04-26

    IPC分类号: E21B17/00 E21B43/12

    摘要: A side pocket mandrel, including defining a tubular body having opposing ends and a bore formed within the tubular body. The tubular body comprises an eccentric portion such that a first inner diameter (ID1) is formed at the opposing upper and lower ends, and a second larger inner diameter (ID2) is formed along an eccentric portion. The mandrel includes a movable curtain disposed along the eccentric portion, wherein in a first position the movable curtain covers a portion of the eccentric portion above the pocket to provide a reduced inner diameter that approximates (ID1), and in a second position the curtain is movable to a larger inner diameter (ID2) that enables access by a kick-over tool to install a gas lift valve in or to retrieve the gas lift from the pocket. A method of producing hydrocarbon fluids is also provided.

    Side pocket mandrel for plunger lift

    公开(公告)号:US10830003B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-10

    申请号:US16396294

    申请日:2019-04-26

    IPC分类号: E21B43/12 E21B17/00

    摘要: A side pocket mandrel, including defining a tubular body having opposing ends and a bore formed within the tubular body. The tubular body comprises an eccentric portion such that a first inner diameter (ID1) is formed at the opposing upper and lower ends, and a second larger inner diameter (ID2) is formed along an eccentric portion. The mandrel includes a movable curtain disposed along the eccentric portion, wherein in a first position the movable curtain covers a portion of the eccentric portion above the pocket to provide a reduced inner diameter that approximates (ID1), and in a second position the curtain is movable to a larger inner diameter (ID2) that enables access by a kick-over tool to install a gas lift valve in or to retrieve the gas lift from the pocket. A method of producing hydrocarbon fluids is also provided.

    FINGERPRINTING FOR GAS LIFT DIAGNOSTICS
    6.
    发明申请
    FINGERPRINTING FOR GAS LIFT DIAGNOSTICS 审中-公开
    指示气体取向诊断

    公开(公告)号:US20160041132A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-11

    申请号:US14796850

    申请日:2015-07-10

    IPC分类号: G01N30/72 H01J49/00 E21B47/00

    摘要: Method for determining the depth of entry of lift gas into a production tube of a gas lift well includes the step of determining the concentration of GCOI endogenous to formation gas produced from the production tube of a gas lift well and absent from gas used as the lift gas in said gas lift well versus time after a perturbation of the rate of introduction of said lift gas into said production tube via one or more gas lift valves. The invention includes a system configured for evaluating the performance of gas lift well, including a separator, a flow regulation device, a measurement device for measuring over time the concentration of a GCOI in production fluids, a data collection and storage device for recording data from the measurement device, and a computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium for analyzing the data collected by the measuring device.

    摘要翻译: 用于确定提升气体进入气举井的生产管道的深度入口的方法包括确定从气提井的生产管产生的地层气体内源性的GCOI的浓度的步骤,并且不用于用作升力的气体 在通过一个或多个气举阀将所述提升气体引入所述生产管的速率扰动之后,所述气举井中的气体与时间相关。 本发明包括一种用于评估气举井性能的系统,包括分离器,流量调节装置,用于随时间测量生产流体中GCOI浓度的测量装置,用于记录数据的数据收集和存储装置 测量装置和体现在计算机可读介质上的用于分析由测量装置收集的数据的计算机程序产品。

    Wellbore plungers with non-metallic tubing-contacting surfaces and wells including the wellbore plungers

    公开(公告)号:US10753185B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US16031615

    申请日:2018-07-10

    摘要: Wellbore plungers with non-metallic tubing-contacting surfaces and wells including the wellbore plungers. The wellbore plungers are configured to be utilized within a tubing conduit of the downhole tubing. The downhole tubing includes a non-metallic tubing material that defines a non-metallic tubing surface. The non-metallic tubing surface at least partially defines the tubing conduit. The wellbore plungers include an uphole region, which defines an uphole bumper-contacting surface, a downhole region, which defines a downhole bumper-contacting surface, and a plunger body. The plunger body extends between the uphole region and the downhole region and defines a downhole tubing-contacting surface. The downhole tubing-contacting surface is configured for sliding contact with the non-metallic tubing surface, defines a sealing structure configured to form an at least partial fluid seal with the downhole tubing, and is at least partially defined by a non-metallic tubing-contacting material.