Gas Lift Equipment
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| Format | On-demand 24/7 |
| Access | 1 year unlimited for 1 person |
| Duration | Approx. 5 hrs |
| Certificate | Included w/ 5 PDH credits |
| Level | Basic to advanced |
| Language | English |
Participants will acquire a deep knowledge of the available Gas Lift equipment. The subject will be discussed from a well intervention, completion as well as from a production point of view. This will allow engineers to select the right equipment for their gas lift system design, increase their production by performing more reasoned troubleshooting, and unlock complex well intervention situations.
According to many industry experts, Gas Lift is the least understood artificial lift method, but its complexity is not the reason behind its misunderstanding. Instead, the challenge behind Gas Lift is that after implementing a lousy design, the well will often keep producing, unlike other artificial lift methods (e.g., ESP) that stop producing. Thus, operators fail to recognize design or operating errors that restrain production.
Therefore, there is a significant potential to increase production by oil and gas professionals who understand the Gas Lift system and its fundamental and advanced principles.
This comprehensive industry-based Gas Lift Equipment training course consists of theoretical and practical knowledge regarding all related equipment involved in gas lift production.
Through this gas lift training, participants will come away with a complete overview of gas lift technologies critical to the efficient operation of the gas lift system.
Key components like gas lift mandrels, including conventional gas lift mandrels and side pocket mandrels, will be presented. All items related to gas lift design change-out operation will be shown, like kick-over tools, running tools, pulling tools, and latches. This is critical to master Gas Lift operations.
Gas lift valve mechanics and the gas lift valve calibration procedure will also be explained in detail with practical tips to avoid common calibration errors leading to well operating issues.
A comprehensive review of many specific gas lift valves will be performed and will allow participants to discover solutions to specific issues that they will face in their gas lift wells.
This gas lift course will introduce delegates to many new technologies (like surface-controlled electric gas lift valves or the AVT), but also very old ones forgotten by the market (like balanced valves or flexible sleeve valves).
While it is impossible to be exhaustive in describing existing Gas Lift equipment, this course contains more information than you will find in any Gas Lift training available in the industry. It is there to help you maximize the oil recovery factor through more efficient gas lift systems.
This lesson is the 2nd of a series of 5 designed to help you reach an advanced level in Gas Lift oil production and operations. It follows the course ‘Forms of Gas Lift’ and precedes the courses ‘Gas Lift Unloading Sequence and Mandrel Spacing Design’, ‘Gas Lift Optimization and Design with Existing Mandrels’, and ‘Gas Lift Troubleshooting’.
- Conventional and side pocket mandrels
- Gas lift mandrels with check valve
- Latches
- Running/pulling /kick over tools
- SPM and kick over tools
- 1st generation of kick over tools
- Special kick over tools for high well deviation
- Well unloading
- Gas lift valve types
- Dummy valves
- Gas lift pack off
- Orifice valves and rate estimation
- Venturi orifices
- Unloading valve mechanics
- Casing and tubing pressure-operated valves
- Gas lift valve calibration procedure
- Gas lift valve test block and AVT
- Valve throttling effect
- Flag valve
- Special gas lift valves
- Gas lift valves and mandrels configurations to achieve annular or tubing flow, production or injection pressure operated system.
- VPC
- Electric gas lift valves
- Gas lift injection below packer
- Surface equipment
- Plunger lift equipment
- Production, Petroleum or Well Performance Engineers to explore the possible Gas Lift equipment available for them to use in their wells
- Field Production Personnel to understand how their day to day Gas Lift equipment work
- Completion or Well Intervention Engineers to understand fully the operations related to Gas Lift equipment installation
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An essential training tool
I am writing this review coming from 50 years in the industry. Retiring from Shell International as Global Subject Matter Expert Gas Lift providing knowledge and training support globally, on site in production surveillance, optimisation, troubleshooting and well reviews to engineering and field staff. I was involved in the development of WinGLUE, WellTracer, Electric GL Valve, the AVT and other technologies.
I was honoured to be asked to look at this module and review.
I understand that many may find the material, too basic, too detailed, too unnecessary for them. Trust me its not. Yes you may never need it and then again you may. You may like me travel the world and work in many different locations, influencing many people as you rise through the ranks. An extra couple of hours gaining knowledge for the journey ahead will serve you well
I found the module extremely detailed and structured. It’s clear the level of work put into the content and quizzes has great depth.
I have added some comments which do not impact content apart from a couple of spelling errors.
Some of the detail in valve operation, charts etc may seem a little unnecessary to the modern day engineer, but will provide a deeper understanding and aid enormously in WRM support.. For field technician and operations types, probably not necessarily of great interest but they should have an awareness and depth for troubleshooting and optimisation.
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This self paced training I found to be a valuable resource, and the other modules, at the same level of detail provide a strong base for an industry that is rapidly changing, while your wells/infrastructure and processes remain reasonably constant ,
This is an essential training tool for an operation serious about their GL and the skill set of their people.
Excellent Technical literature
A fantastic course
Excellent Gas Lift Equipment Course. The degree of information is excellent, and the explanations are simple to understand. Overall, a fantastic course!
Straight to the point, well illustrated
I needed a course to refresh my knowledge about gaslift equipment and this course proposed by Damien is exactly what I was looking for: straight to the point, well illustrated with schematics, graphs, cutaways and videos. Bonuses are plentiful and are a source of lots of technical catalog.
A 100% recommended course
This course allows you to know in detail the different types of equipment that are used in the GL such as mandrels, valves, tools for their installation and accessories as well as the operation of each of them. A 100% recommended course.
Honest and unbiased in-depth review of different technologies
Clearly the instructor Damien Leonard has had a lot of experience in this subject. He makes an honest and unbiased in-depth review of different technologies. With the way he matches a rich experience with the underlying theory, there is no doubt that one will be well equipped in the design and selection of gas lift equipment after going through this course. As an artificial lift engineer, strongly recommend this course to all those willing to have an edge or that extra touch when trying to go technical with gas lift methods.
Very good course
Very good course. Highly recommended for any beginner or intermediate level executives working in Gas Lift fields. Works very well as a refresher course also.
Good high quality information
Good high quality information
Course
Course is well structured, with plenty of details and useful references.
GL equipments course
An interesting course with consistent elements. I particularly appreciate the special GLV parts and discovered the different SPM types. I recommend this course for its high-quality content. It was very helpful.
Nice training
Excellent training on the overall knowledge of the gaslift activation method.
Training helpful and very clear
I did learn a lot things regarding gas lift equipments. Good training so far.
This course exposes you to specialty equipment you may never even hear about.
This course is great, it informs you of equipment that you may not know about but they could possibly help you solve an issue you maybe having.
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Valuable Training – Deepened GL understanding configurations/equipments
This module is highly and well structured, offering valuable insights into gas lift operations. Even with prior experience in gas lift, I discovered many new configuration types/equipment I hadn’t encountered before. It builds a solid foundation while deepening technical understanding.
Very Good.
Very interesting topics covered.
Excellent course, well-structured and straight to the point
The instructor is clear and deliver the content effectively, making it easy to understand. The platform is user-friendly, and support is responsive. Highly recommended for anyone seeking quick and effective learning!
Amazing session about GL
Great learning experience.
Satisfactory Knowledge – Amazing Technologies
Finally I get to fully understand the types of GLVs as well as understand the critical flow rate plot for GL valves.
Really liked the so many option we have in GL equipments, some simples some complex. Perhaps some cheap and others expensive. Your explanation is clear and objective.
Very interesting training
As Well Services Engineer, I use Gas lift Equipment in my daily tasks/operations. This course allow me to refresh and update my knowledge. Very interesting training.
