Liquid Loading in Gas Wells:

Remedial Operations

Technology Review

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Content

Identifying liquid loading

Measuring impact of liquid loading
Finding right solution to unload liquids
Identifying liquid loading

As the velocity of the gas in the production

conduit drops with time, the velocity of the
liquids carried by the gas declines even faster.
The presence of more liquids accumulating in
the production conduit while the well is
flowing can either slow production or stop gas
production altogether
James Lea et al. 2008
Wells energy depreciation
Multiphase flow

Gas rate below critical

value, cannot effectively
contribute to transport
liquid to surface,
resulting accumulation
of downhole liquids!!
 Predicting liquid loading
Critical velocity concept Droplet reversal model

Film reversal theory

J curve method
Liquid loading in gas well
Tubing and annulus pressure
Liquid loading in gas well
No gas production
Liquid loading in gas well
Fluctuation in productions
Liquid loading in gas well
 Impairment of gas well

The impact depends:

Liquids level in the wellbore
Productivity index
The strategies to unload liquids
The strategies to unload liquids
Avoid downhole liquid phase
Utilizing the wells energy

Venting (kick off)

Equalizing (kick off)
Cycling
Velocity String
More efficient and
Capillary String economical to unload gas
wells
Plunger Lift
Capillary string
Advantage of capillary string
Advantage of capillary string
Velocity string
Advantage of velocity string
Advantage of velocity string
Plunger lift
Plunger lift
Plunger lift
Add energy to well

Vortex Tool
Sucker Rod Pump
ESP
Vortex tool

The path of least resistance

for liquid and gas is
determined to be of a helical
trajectory
(G.R Mingaleeva)
Vortex tool
Advantage of vertex tool
Advantage of vertex tool
Comparison
Selection process for liquid unloading
Liquid unloading: Field glimpses
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