How plunger lift affects production
Journal Article
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· Pet. Eng.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6072284
Plunger lift is finding an increasing marketplace for application in the US. The system is advantageous in many circumstances because of low inital cost, little maintenance, and because it generally requires no external energy source. Typical applications for plunger lift are removal of liquids from a gas well, high-ratio oil well production, paraffin and hydrate control, and increased efficiency of intermittent gas lift wells. Main advantage of using a plunger to produce a well is economics. An industry-wide average installation will cost $3500 plus some service, which depends on the company furnishing the equipment. Compare this to a pumping unit to do the same job ($28,000) or a small compressor ($32,000). Also, there is no power consumption such as electricity (high initial cost to run to the lease) or gas consumed (at $2.40/mcf). All the energy is furnished by the well, including instrument gas.
- OSTI ID:
- 6072284
- Journal Information:
- Pet. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Pet. Eng.; (United States) Vol. 53:8; ISSN PENGA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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