By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand the relationship between natural flow and artificial lift and pumping
• Identify the well performance characteristics
• Know the four major components of gas lifts system
• Be familiar with well deliverability and gas injection ratio
• Compare of continuous flow and intermitting lift

Supervisors, Production Engineers, Technologists & Coordinators, Senior Operators, Production Personnel

• Introduction (natural flow & artificial lift)
• Application and basic operating principles
• Gas-lift equipment
• Well evaluation
• Review of fundamentals
• Productivity index and inflow performance relationship
• Static and flowing pressure gradients
• Calculation of gas-lift production rate
• Gas-lift model
• Injection-pressure valve design
• Valve mechanics
• Graphical design and valve calculations
• Reservoir inflow & multiphase outflow
• Well Performance Characteristics
• The Gas Lift System & its four major components
• Well deliverability & gas injection ratio
• Comparison of continuous flow & intermitting lift
• Continuous flow operation – troubleshooting & optimization
• Gases lift design with unlimited gas and pressure
• Gas Lift design with limited pressure & gas availability
• Start-up & Surveillance procedure
• Prioritization of wells
• Gas lift optimization
• Operation and troubleshooting
• Unloading and optimizing production rate
• Troubleshooting tools and techniques

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.