This document provides an overview of gas-lift optimization and troubleshooting. It discusses identifying underperforming wells using metrics like the well performance factor and target injection differential. It then covers optimizing wells by adjusting injection gas rates, removing surface restrictions, redesigning the system, and adding secondary lift. Common inlet, outlet, and downhole problems are outlined along with tests and adjustments to address issues. Tuning the well for continuous flow is also described. Finally, tools for surface and subsurface data collection to aid in troubleshooting are listed.
Selection of the best artificial lift systems for the well depend on location, depth, estimated production, reservoir properties, and many other factors. Here is an overview on selection criteria for the best results
Production optimization using gas lift techniqueJarjis Mohammed
After completed the drilling, set the tubing and completed the well successfully, Petroleum engineers realize that the hydrocarbon fluid won't lift up from bottom hole to the surface by its reservoir drives which are mainly gas cap or water drive. Simply the gas lift technique is to reduce the density of hydrocarbon fluid inside the well to lift it to the surface by injecting compressed gas.
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Production optimization using gas lift techniqueJarjis Mohammed
After completed the drilling, set the tubing and completed the well successfully, Petroleum engineers realize that the hydrocarbon fluid won't lift up from bottom hole to the surface by its reservoir drives which are mainly gas cap or water drive. Simply the gas lift technique is to reduce the density of hydrocarbon fluid inside the well to lift it to the surface by injecting compressed gas.
The slide-pack covers a large variety of artificial lift methods. Explanations are supported by breakdown of pros and cons, calculations and questions. Questions will shed light of roughly how to decide which method(s) to use in a specific case.
Skin factor is a dimensionless parameter that quantifies the formation damage around the wellbore. it also can be negative (which indicates improvement in flow) OR positive (which means formation damage exists). Positive skin can lead to severe well production issues and thus reducing the well revenue
production optimization nowadays is a vital thing to capture for every gas field to get proper production rate. That's they need proper way to optimize there production. Here I have discussed about the process of production optimization using prosper softer from petroleum expert.
This document was produced as part of my final year project of training to obtain a petroleum engineering diploma.
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This study was carried out by a manual design using the method of “fixed pressure drop” for the continuous gas lift system and “fallback gradient” method for intermittent gas lift system.
We were able to determine at the end of this study that the system best suited to the current conditions of our well would be the intermittent gas lift system and we also proposed that it should be combine with the "plunger lift " system in order to increase the efficiency of the intermittent gas lift system by eliminating problems linked to the phenomenon of" fallback " thus increase the production of our wells.
This is an academic lecture for Diploma in Engineering 7th Semester Mining and Mine Survey Technology. The Course related to this presentation is Well completion and testing
Production Optimization using nodal analysis. The nodal systems analysis approach is a very flexible method
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The problem of water and gas coning has plagued the petroleum industry for decades. Water or gas encroachment in oil zone and thus simultaneous production of oil & water or oil & gas is a major technical, environmental and economic problems associated with oil and gas production. This can limit the productive life of the oil and gas wells and can cause severe problems including corrosion of tubulars, fine migration, hydrostatic loading etc. The environmental impact of handling, treating and disposing of the produced water can seriously affect the economics of the production. Commonly, the reservoirs have an aquifer beneath the zone of hydrocarbon. While producing from oil zone, there develops a low pressure zone as a result of which the water zone starts coning upwards and gas zone cones down towards the production perforation in oil zone and thus reducing the oil production. Pressure enhanced capillary transition zone enlargement around the wellbore is responsible for the concurrent production. This also results in the loss of water drive and gas drive to a certain extent.
Numerous technologies have been developed to control unwanted water and gas coning. In order to design an effective strategy to control the coning of oil or gas, it is important to understand the mechanism of coning of oil and gas in reservoirs by developing a model of it. Non-Darcy flow effect (NDFE), vertical permeability, aquifer size, density of well perforation, and flow behind casing increase water coning/inflow to wells in homogeneous gas reservoirs with bottom water are important factors to consider. There are several methods to slow down coning of water and/or gas such as producing at a certain critical rate, polymer injection, Downhole Water Sink (DWS) technology etc.
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IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Gas Lift Design: Comparative Study of Continuous and Intermittent Gas Lift (C...Nicodeme Feuwo
This document was produced as part of my final year project of training to obtain a petroleum engineering diploma.
The aim of this project is to make a comparative study between continuous and intermittent gas lift systems based on real data from an oil well in Algeria, and to choose the system best suited to increase the production of the well.
This study was carried out by a manual design using the method of “fixed pressure drop” for the continuous gas lift system and “fallback gradient” method for intermittent gas lift system.
We were able to determine at the end of this study that the system best suited to the current conditions of our well would be the intermittent gas lift system and we also proposed that it should be combine with the "plunger lift " system in order to increase the efficiency of the intermittent gas lift system by eliminating problems linked to the phenomenon of" fallback " thus increase the production of our wells.
The slide-pack covers a large variety of artificial lift methods. Explanations are supported by breakdown of pros and cons, calculations and questions. Questions will shed light of roughly how to decide which method(s) to use in a specific case.
Skin factor is a dimensionless parameter that quantifies the formation damage around the wellbore. it also can be negative (which indicates improvement in flow) OR positive (which means formation damage exists). Positive skin can lead to severe well production issues and thus reducing the well revenue
production optimization nowadays is a vital thing to capture for every gas field to get proper production rate. That's they need proper way to optimize there production. Here I have discussed about the process of production optimization using prosper softer from petroleum expert.
This document was produced as part of my final year project of training to obtain a petroleum engineering diploma.
The aim of this project is to make a comparative study between continuous and intermittent gas lift systems based on real data from an oil well in Algeria, and to choose the system best suited to increase the production of the well.
This study was carried out by a manual design using the method of “fixed pressure drop” for the continuous gas lift system and “fallback gradient” method for intermittent gas lift system.
We were able to determine at the end of this study that the system best suited to the current conditions of our well would be the intermittent gas lift system and we also proposed that it should be combine with the "plunger lift " system in order to increase the efficiency of the intermittent gas lift system by eliminating problems linked to the phenomenon of" fallback " thus increase the production of our wells.
This is an academic lecture for Diploma in Engineering 7th Semester Mining and Mine Survey Technology. The Course related to this presentation is Well completion and testing
Production Optimization using nodal analysis. The nodal systems analysis approach is a very flexible method
that can be used to improve the performance of many well
systems. The nodal systems analysis approach may be used to analyze
many producing oil and gas well problems. The procedure can
be applied to both flowing and artificial
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Presentation defines well completion as a sub-discipline of drilling operations. It introduces the various components of the well completion process. It then describes and explains basic areas of the completion process including the bottom-hole completion process, the perforation process, the upper completion with packers, tubing component equipment and devices, tubing configurations, the horizontal completions and the Christmas tree(production head)
The problem of water and gas coning has plagued the petroleum industry for decades. Water or gas encroachment in oil zone and thus simultaneous production of oil & water or oil & gas is a major technical, environmental and economic problems associated with oil and gas production. This can limit the productive life of the oil and gas wells and can cause severe problems including corrosion of tubulars, fine migration, hydrostatic loading etc. The environmental impact of handling, treating and disposing of the produced water can seriously affect the economics of the production. Commonly, the reservoirs have an aquifer beneath the zone of hydrocarbon. While producing from oil zone, there develops a low pressure zone as a result of which the water zone starts coning upwards and gas zone cones down towards the production perforation in oil zone and thus reducing the oil production. Pressure enhanced capillary transition zone enlargement around the wellbore is responsible for the concurrent production. This also results in the loss of water drive and gas drive to a certain extent.
Numerous technologies have been developed to control unwanted water and gas coning. In order to design an effective strategy to control the coning of oil or gas, it is important to understand the mechanism of coning of oil and gas in reservoirs by developing a model of it. Non-Darcy flow effect (NDFE), vertical permeability, aquifer size, density of well perforation, and flow behind casing increase water coning/inflow to wells in homogeneous gas reservoirs with bottom water are important factors to consider. There are several methods to slow down coning of water and/or gas such as producing at a certain critical rate, polymer injection, Downhole Water Sink (DWS) technology etc.
Shubham Saxena
B.Tech. petroleum Engineering
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Gas Lift Design: Comparative Study of Continuous and Intermittent Gas Lift (C...Nicodeme Feuwo
This document was produced as part of my final year project of training to obtain a petroleum engineering diploma.
The aim of this project is to make a comparative study between continuous and intermittent gas lift systems based on real data from an oil well in Algeria, and to choose the system best suited to increase the production of the well.
This study was carried out by a manual design using the method of “fixed pressure drop” for the continuous gas lift system and “fallback gradient” method for intermittent gas lift system.
We were able to determine at the end of this study that the system best suited to the current conditions of our well would be the intermittent gas lift system and we also proposed that it should be combine with the "plunger lift " system in order to increase the efficiency of the intermittent gas lift system by eliminating problems linked to the phenomenon of" fallback " thus increase the production of our wells.
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4. Gas-Lift Optimization
The purpose of Gas-Lift Optimization:
1. Increase production.
2. Extend life of artificial lift system.
3. Better utilize compressor Hp, and gas volumes.
4. Reduce operating cost.
5. Lower capital expenditure.
5. Gas-Lift Optimization
Where to Start???
• Casing Pressure
• Production Rates
• Well closest to the house
• New well
• Old well
6. Gas-Lift Optimization
Identifying Candidates and System Issues:
Hold production meeting to highlight issues and begin to create list of under-
performing wells.
Criteria to identify candidates:
1. Well Performance Factor (WPF) = (Gas Injection Rate mcfd)/(Total Fluid Rate bfpd)
The higher WPF number are the first well to review for inefficiencies.
2. Target Injection Differential (TID) = (Casing Pressure psi – Flowing Wellhead Pressure
psi)/(Casing Pressure psi)
Create range for further analysis:
Lowest Percentage gets highest importance
7. Gas-Lift Optimization
Identifying Candidates and System Issues:
Well Performance Factor (WPF) = (Gas Injection Rate mcfd)/(Total Fluid Rate bfpd)
The higher WPF number are the first well to review for inefficiencies.
Well Number
Injection Gas
Volume Mcfd
Total Fluid
Production
WPF
Well Review
Importance
8 679 131 5.18 1
2 589 159 3.70 2
6 708 216 3.28 3
3 743 290 2.56 4
1 587 261 2.25 5
5 877 668 1.31 6
7 718 737 0.97 7
4 616 719 0.86 8
9 378 673 0.56 9
10 183 739 0.25 10
9. Gas-Lift Optimization
Once well selection has occurred… Its time to start Optimizing the wells!
1. Adjustment of injection gas.
2. Removing or reducing surface pressure restrictions
3. System redesign
4. Introduction of secondary artificial lift system
10. Gas-Lift Optimization
Adjustment of injection gas:
1. Utilize tubing critical velocity charts
2. Build NODAL analysis model to predict gas volume
3. Multi-rate well tests verse adjustments in injection volumes
13. Gas-Lift Optimization
Once well selection has occurred… Its time to start Optimizing the wells!
1. Removing or reducing surface pressure restrictions
1. Open/Remove Wellhead Chokes
2. Reduce the number of 90 degree elbows used in flow line
3. Set wellhead compression
“Eight elbows equal a bull plug”
14. Gas-Lift Optimization
Once well selection has occurred… Its time to start Optimizing the wells!
1. Removing or reducing surface pressure restrictions
15. Gas-Lift Optimization
Once well selection has occurred… Its time to start Optimizing the wells!
1. System redesign
1. Run Flowing Pressure/Temperature Survey
1. Redesign to get optimal injection point and lowest FBHP
2. Adjust for surface or facility conditions
3. Move injection point and EOT deeper into well
4. Apply special application gas lift
1. Dip Tube
2. Deadstring
3. Below packer gas lift
16. Gas-Lift Optimization
Once well selection has occurred… Its
time to start Optimizing the wells!
1. System redesign
1. Run Flowing Pressure/Temperature
Survey
1. Redesign to get optimal injection point
and lowest FBHP
FBHP Survey indicates injection at 2500’,
and correct injection should be 3500’.
Check for leaking valve, and rerun.
17. Once well selection has occurred… Its time to start Optimizing the wells!
1. System redesign
1. Move injection point and EOT deeper into well
18. Gas-Lift Optimization
Once well selection has occurred… Its time to start Optimizing the wells!
1. Introduction of secondary artificial lift system
1. Plunger Assisted Gas Lift
2. Surfactant or Form Injection
19. Gas-Lift Optimization
Once well selection has occurred… Its time to start Optimizing the wells!
1. Introduction of secondary artificial lift system
1. Plunger Assisted Gas Lift
• Efficiently utilizes the injection gas energy in any well by providing a sealing interface
between the lift gas and produced liquids. This change in interface effects the flow
pattern thus minimizing fluid fallback.
• Benefits of plunger assisted gas lift:
• Helps to maintain production on high GLR gas lift wells
• Reduces fluid fallback in both continuous and intermittent gas lift wells
• Improves efficiency of gas lift system by cutting back on required injection gas
volumes
• Minimizes paraffin, scale, and other deposits build up on the tubing walls
21. General Gas Lift System Problems
• Problems with your gas lift system are often associated with three areas:
• Inlet (surface)
• Outlet (surface)
• Downhole
• More often than not, the problem can be found at the surface. Thoroughly
explore all potential surface problems before incurring the expense of a rig to
investigate downhole causes.
• Also, keep in mind that poor optimization is most often caused by inaccurate
gauge readings that can occur due to gauge malfunction or blockage.
• Always troubleshoot your well at the surface before you call a rig!
22. Inlet Problems
• Changes in casing pressure and gas volume typically indicate a
problem with the inlet.
• Low Casing Pressure
• Check the choke to see if it is plugged, frozen or too small, well not
taking gas
• If frozen run warm gas, or set up methanol injection
• Check gauge readings to be sure the problem is real
• Verify gas volume being injected
• Check back pressure regulator
23. Inlet Problems
• High Casing Pressure
• Verify gas injection volume
• Over injection can cause high injection pressure
• Partially plugged gas lift valve
• Check flowing temperature affect on gas lift valve
• Higher than normal tubing pressure
• Restriction in the tubing
24. Inlet Problems
• Low Gas Usage
• Low manifold pressure in multi-well system
• Confirm gas volume through injection meter
• Verify correct trim in injection/flow control choke
• Verify operating temperatures of gas lift valve
• Test injection/flow choke to ensure it is operating appropriately
25. Inlet Problems
• Excessive Gas Usage
• Check the casing pressure
• If using manual choke, with low casing pressure, check choke size and
replace for smaller choke.
• Over injection, gas lifting through multiple gas lift valves
• Tubing or collar leak
• Cut or washed out gas lift valve
26. Inlet Problems
• Choke Sizing – Injection Control
• The design gas-liquid ratio or designed injection volume can often give an
indication of the choke size to use as a starting point.
• Faulty Gauges
• Check the wellhead casing and tubing pressures with a calibrated gauge.
Inaccurate gauges can cause false indications of high or low casing
pressures.
27. Outlet Problems
• High back pressure is a common indicator of a problem with the outlet.
• Restriction through choke, debris or choke body. Even with no choke bean in
a choke body, it is usually restricted to less than full I.D. Remove the choke
body if possible.
• Check for paraffin or scale buildup in the flowline. Hot oiling the line will
generally remove paraffin. Scale can be reduced and managed with methods
such as chemical washes, or continual chemical injections
• Flowlines- Loop Lines, add line or remove 90° turns or elbows
28. Outlet Problems
• Separator Operating Pressure
• The separator pressure should be maintained as low as possible for gas lift
wells. Often a well may be flowing to a high or intermediate pressure system
when it dies and is placed on gas lift. Ensure the well is switched to the lowest
pressure system available. Sometimes an undersized orifice plate in the meter
at the separator will cause high back pressure.
• Valve Restrictions
• Check to ensure all valves at the tree and header are fully open. Also, verify
the valve is sized properly (for example, a 2-inch valve should be used in a 2-
inch flowline). A smashed or crimped flowline is another possibility. Inspect the
flowline in places where it crosses a road, for example.
29. Downhole Problems
• Review all Inlet and Outlet Problems and remove as many restrictions from the
system as possible before exploring downhole causes.
30. Downhole Problems
• Well Blowing Dry Gas
• For pressure valves, check to ensure that the casing pressure does not exceed
the design operating pressure. Excess casing pressure can result in the upper
valves staying open.
• Check Tubing for communication
• Also check that the tubing is free of holes Verify lift point with echometer or
survey, to confirm lift point
• Conclude inflow from formation if possible – tag with wireline
• If the upper valves are operating properly and no hole exists, then operation
is probably from the bottom valve. Additional verification can be obtained by
checking the surface closing pressure, and performing a PSC Test.
31. Downhole Problems
• Well Will Not Accept Input Gas
• Eliminate the possibility of a frozen input choke or a closed input gas valve
by measuring the pressure upstream and downstream of the choke.
• Also check for closed wing valves on the outlet side
• Check for feed in problems. If pressure valves were run, check to see if the
well started producing above the design fluid rate as the higher rate may
have caused the temperatures to increase sufficiently to lock out the
valves.
• If temperature is the problem, the well will probably produce
periodically then stop.
• As an additional measure, ensure that the valve set pressures (PSO) are not
too high for the available casing pressure.
32. Downhole Problems
• Well Flowing in Heads
• Since too much or too little injection can often cause a well to head, first try
“tuning in” the well.
• With pressure valves, the well may flow in heads if the port sizes are too large.
• In this case, large tubing effects are involved, causing the well to lift until the
fluid gradient is reduced below a value that will keep the valve open. With the
high tubing effect on fluid operated valves, heading can occur as a result of
limited feed in. The valves will not open until the proper fluid load has been
obtained, causing the well to intermit itself as adequate feed in is achieved.
• Temperature interference may also cause the well to flow in heads. For example, if
the well started producing at a higher than anticipated fluid rate, the temperature
could increase, causing the valves’ operating pressure to increase and
consequently lock them out. When the temperature cools sufficiently, the valves
will open again, creating a condition where the well would flow by heads.
33. Downhole Problems
• Installation Stymied and Well Will Not Unload
• Try applying injection gas pressure to the top of the fluid column (usually
with a jumper line).
• Often, this will drive some of the fluid column back into the formation,
reducing the height of the fluid column being lifted and allowing
unloading with the available lift pressure.
• This condition generally occurs when the fluid column is heavier than the
available lift pressure or if the designed fluid weight is less than the actual
weight.
• The check valves prevent this fluid from being displaced back into the casing.
• Sometimes, a well can be “swabbed” or “jetted with N2” to allow unloading
to a deeper valve.
• Also ensure that the wellhead back pressure is not excessive, or that the
fluid used to kill the well for workover was not too heavy for the design.
34. Downhole Problems
• Valve Hung Open
• This case can be identified when casing pressure drops below the surface
closing pressure of any valve in the hole, and it has been determined that
a hole in the tubing is not the cause.
• Try shutting the wing valve to the wellhead and allowing the casing
pressure to build up as high as possible, then open the wing valve rapidly.
This action will create high differential pressures across the valve seat,
removing any matter that may be holding it open.
• Repeat the process several times if required.
• In some cases, valves are held open by salt deposition. Pumping several
barrels of fresh water into the casing will solve the problem. If all other
potential causes have been eliminated, a cut out or flat valve may be the
cause.
35. Downhole Problems
• Hole in Tubing – Test with Gas
• Indicators of a hole in the tubing include abnormally low casing pressure
and excessively high gas usage. A hole in the tubing can be confirmed by
the following procedure:
1. Equalize the tubing pressure and casing pressure by closing the wing
valve with the gas lift gas on.
2. After the pressures are equalized, shut off the gas input valve and
rapidly bleed off the casing pressure.
• If the tubing pressure falls as the casing pressure drops, then a hole is
indicated. The tubing pressure will hold if no hole is present since both
the check valves and gas lift valves will be in the closed position as the
casing pressure drops. A packer leak may also cause symptoms similar to a
hole in the tubing.
36. Downhole Problems
• Operating Pressure Valve by Surface Closing Pressure Test (PSC Test)
• A pressure operated valve will inject gas until the casing pressure drops to the
closing pressure of the valve.
• As such, the operating valve’s surface closing pressure can often be
determined by shutting off the input gas and noting the pressure at which
the casing pressure stabilizes. This pressure is the same as the closing
pressure of the valve. Closing pressure analysis assumes two things: 1) the
tubing pressure to be zero and 2) there is single point injection. These
assumptions limit the accuracy of this method since the tubing pressure at
each valve is never zero, and multipoint injection may be occurring.
Nonetheless, this method can be helpful when used in combination with
other data to bracket the operating valve.
37. Downhole Problems
• Valve Spacing Too Wide
• Try “rocking” the well as indicated when the well will not unload. This
may allow injection to work down to lower valves.
• If a high pressure gas well is nearby, using the pressure from this well
may facilitate unloading or N2 unit.
• If the problem is severe, you may need to re-space the valves, install a
pack off gas lift valve, or shoot an orifice into the tubing to achieve a new
point of injection.
39. Tuning the Well
• Continuous Flow
• Unloading a well generally requires more gas volume injection than
when producing the well.
• Gas usage can also be costly when using a compressor. As such, it is
desirable in continuous flow installations to achieve the maximum fluid
production with the minimum amount of input gas. Often, the input
gas volume can be reduced once the point of injection has been
reached. This can be accomplished by starting the well on relatively
small input choke, such as 8/64, and then increasing the input choke
size by 1/64 increments until the maximum fluid rate is achieved. Allow
the well to stabilize for 24 hours after each change before making
another adjustment. If, for some reason, a flowline choke is being
used, increase the size of that choke until maximum fluid is produced
before increasing the gas input choke.
40. Troubleshooting and Optimization Tools
Surface Data Collection Tools:
• Recording surface pressures on Tubing
and Casing
• Measurement of lift gas
• Well Test
• Two-Pin Recorder
Subsurface Data Collection Tools:
• Computer Calculations
• Fluid Level determinations
• Pressure/Temperature Surveys
41. Troubleshooting and Optimization Tools - Surface
Measurement of Gas Volume:
• Measurement of injection gas volume is necessary in order to determine the efficiency of
the gas lift operation.
• Inefficient gas injection may be corrected by changing the rate of gas injection and
measuring the total fluid production against the injected gas volume for each change,
thus providing a means to determine the most efficient GLR.
Well Test:
• Accurate gauging for oil and water production is necessary for proper analysis of the
operation of the gas lift system.
• Knowing the specific gravity of the oil and water allows for determining the efficient point
of injection and possible redesign.
42. Troubleshooting and Optimization Tools - Surface
Well Test:
• Surface Casing pressure
• Flowing Tubing pressure
• Daily Fluid Production rates
• Water Cut
• A.P.I. gravity of oil
• Specific gravity of produced water
• Total gas (Injection and formation gas)
• Gas Liquid ratio
• Injected gas
• Notes about sand production, emulsion, slugging
• What size injection choke is being used
• Flowline chokes, if any
43. Troubleshooting and Optimization Tools - Subsurface
Computer Calculated Flowing Gradient
• Can accurately determine point of injection based off of well test.
• Quickly can troubleshoot well based on injection point and improve well
performance.
• You can do this by calculating the surface closing pressure or comparing the
valve surface closing pressures with the opening forces that exist at each
downhole valve given the operating, tubing and casing pressures, the
temperatures, etc.
44. Troubleshooting and Optimization Tools - Subsurface
Acoustic Fluid Level
• The fluid level in a semi-closed or closed installation will represent the
deepest point to which the well has been unloaded.
• The fluid level in an open installation will represent the point of balance
or where the annulus pressure at the fluid level is equal to the tubing
pressure.
• The operating valve would be directly above the point of balance.
• Can help to determine a hole in the tubing/casing or packer leak.
45. Troubleshooting and Optimization Tools - Subsurface
Flowing Pressure/Temperature Survey:
• Will locate the point of gas injection.
• Determine the flowing bottomhole pressure.
• Helps accurately calculate the flowing correlation used for the initial design.
• Determine flowing gradient above and below the point of injection.
Static Pressure/Temperature Survey:
• Determine the static bottomhole pressure
• Determine a static fluid level
• Determine the static fluid gradient
46. Ways to Correct a Trouble Gas Lift
Well without Direct Intervention
47. Ways to Correct a Trouble Gas Lift
Well without Direct Intervention