Gas-lift (GL) operational inefficiencies are responsible for up to 5% of production shortfall in a typical oil well. A key difficulty is that surveillance, intervention, and optimization activities ...

Key insight: All lift systems target the same physics: reduce mixture density or add head so that nodal balance at the wellbore yields the desired rate. 2.3 Select lift method aligned to fluid, depth, ...

Of the total number of wells globally to use artificial lift, 40% employ sucker rod pumps. Pump optimization generally follows established rules of thumb. More advanced pump features, such as pump off ...