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August 15, 2016
Continuous Run Plunger Lift (April 19, 2016)
Continuous plunger lift is the next in a series of articles related to plunger lift written by Shale Tec LLC (www.ShaleTec.com). Plunger lift is an artificial lift method used to remove liquids from oil and gas wells. The prior published articles include: Why Plunger Lift (Why is plunger lift needed [..]
January 7, 2016
When Plunger Lift? (Jan 7, 2016)
In the last article, we reviewed why a well might benefit from the use of plunger lift (https://shaletec.com/faq/). In this article, we’ll look at when plunger lift may result in higher production and/or lower lifting cost. As stated in the prior article, plunger lift uses the wells own energy to [..]
December 8, 2015
Why Plunger Lift? (Dec 8, 2015)
Studies suggest 90% of the gas wells in the United States will at some point collect water in the well bore, thus impeding the rise of gas to the surface. For these wells, some form of artificial lift is required to remove the liquid so that gas may flow freely to the surface. In addition […] [..]
December 3, 2015
Are My Wells Optimized? Test!! (Dec 2016)
Gas wells producing at or near the natural decline curve, or at a high percentage of the Absolute Open Flow using an IPR curve are typically considered “optimized”. The natural decline curve should be viewed from initial production to current, as opposed to the prior 6 to 12 months. Viewing sh [..]
