Gas Well Deliquification

Gas Well Deliquification, Third Edition expands upon previous experiences and applies today’s more applicable options and technology. Updated to include more information on automation, nodal analysis, and horizontal gas well operations, this new edition provides engineers with key information in one central location. Multiple contributors from today’s operators offer their own learned experiences, critical equipment, and rules of thumb for practicality. Covering the entire lifecycle of the well, this book will be an ideal reference for engineers who need to know the right solutions regarding a well’s decline curve in their work to continuously optimize assets.

Teaches users how to understand the latest methods of deliquifying gas wells, from nodal analysis, to various forms of artificial liftProvides an up-to-date reference on automation techniques for today’s operations, including horizontal wellsPresents various perspectives contributed from multiple sources, allowing readers to select the best method for a well’s lifecycle

1. Introduction
2. Recognizing Symptoms of Liquid Loading in Gas Wells
3. Critical Velocity
4. Systems Nodal Analysis
5. Sizing Tubing
6. Compression
7. Smart Intermitting
8. Plunger Lift
9. Hydraulic Pumping
10. Use of Beam Pumps to Deliquify Gas Wells
11. Gas Lift
12. Single Point Gas Lift Without Packers or Valves
13. Electric Submersible Pumps
14. Progressing Cavity Pumps
15. Coalbed Methane
16. Production Automation
Appendix A: Development of Critical Velocity Equations
Appendix B: Development of Plunger Lift Equations
Appendix C: Gas Fundamentals