New Techniques for Plunger Lift in Conventional and Nonconventional Gas

摘要

The interest in and demand for natural gas has dramatically shifted the focus for many operators in the past few years. Plunger lift,which for many years was viewed as a last resort, and somewhat of a nuisance,has gained an all time high in popularity,and effectiveness and applicability.Most of the guesswork in evaluating candidates has been replaced with exotic programs that combine Nodal analysis with performance based calculations.