Target Audience
Engineers, geoscientists, technicians, field supervisors and others interested in gas lift systems.

Course Objectives
After completing this course, participants will understand the basic principles and performance of gas lift systems, be able to design, optimize and troubleshoot gas lift systems and compare gas lift to other artificial lift methods.

Course Syllabus
Artificial lift principles, inflow performance relationship, fluid properties and black oil correlations, two-phase flow in pipes, two-phase flow pressure drop correlations, outflow performance relationship, effects of different parameters on the shape of the outflow performance relationship, minimum pressure gradient, gas lift performance relationship, gas lift equipment and valve mechanics, hydraulic characteristics of orifice valves, hydraulic characteristics of unloading valves, injection point and unloading design, valve selection and design, transient two-phase flow, instability, troubleshooting, single-well optimization, multi-well optimization.

Course Duration
5 Days (40 hours)

Course Format
The course consists of formal lectures followed by practical sessions where participants have a chance to work with the concepts learned in solving practical problems using MGP Technologies software and Excel spreadsheets.