EP2863006A3 - Gas lift valve - Google Patents

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EP2863006A3
EP2863006A3 EP14185861.3A EP14185861A EP2863006A3 EP 2863006 A3 EP2863006 A3 EP 2863006A3 EP 14185861 A EP14185861 A EP 14185861A EP 2863006 A3 EP2863006 A3 EP 2863006A3
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gas lift
lift valve
gas
actuator
tubing
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French (fr)
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EP2863006A2 (en
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Stephen David Long
Zlatko Salihbegovic
John Michael HOPE
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Weatherford Lamb Inc
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E21B43/122—Gas lift
    • E21B43/123—Gas lift valves
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04F—PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED; SIPHONS
    • F04F1/00—Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped
    • F04F1/18—Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped the fluid medium being mixed with, or generated from the liquid to be pumped
    • F04F1/20—Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped the fluid medium being mixed with, or generated from the liquid to be pumped specially adapted for raising liquids from great depths, e.g. in wells
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B34/00—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells
    • E21B34/06—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells in wells
    • E21B34/10—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells in wells operated by control fluid supplied from outside the borehole
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
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  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Lift Valve (AREA)
  • Check Valves (AREA)
  • Fluid-Driven Valves (AREA)

Abstract

A method for performing downhole gas lift operations includes coupling a gas lift valve (140) to a tubing (120), wherein the gas lift valve includes an actuator (240), a flow control device (250) disposed in the actuator, and a closure member (230) that is initially in an open position; injecting a gas downhole and exterior to the tubing; urging the gas to enter the tubing via the gas lift valve; and creating a sufficient pressure differential across the gas lift valve to move the actuator, thereby causing the closure member to close the gas lift valve.
EP14185861.3A 2013-09-24 2014-09-22 Gas lift valve Withdrawn EP2863006A3 (en)

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US201361881663P 2013-09-24 2013-09-24
US201462001448P 2014-05-21 2014-05-21

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EP2863006A2 EP2863006A2 (en) 2015-04-22
EP2863006A3 true EP2863006A3 (en) 2015-12-23

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WO2016191584A1 (en) * 2015-05-26 2016-12-01 Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc Tubing mounted injection valve
US11359469B2 (en) * 2017-09-12 2022-06-14 Liberty Lift Solutions, LLC System for gas lift and method of use
US10787889B2 (en) 2018-07-26 2020-09-29 Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc Gas lift valve having shear open mechanism for pressure testing
WO2022040252A1 (en) * 2020-08-18 2022-02-24 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Scale resistant backcheck valve
US20240247572A1 (en) * 2021-07-29 2024-07-25 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Sliding sleeve for gas lift system

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US3642070A (en) * 1970-05-06 1972-02-15 Otis Eng Co Safety valve system for gas light wells
US3888273A (en) * 1974-01-21 1975-06-10 Dresser Ind Variable orifice gas lift valve
US3937280A (en) * 1975-02-03 1976-02-10 Macco Oil Tool Company, Inc. Artificial lift well apparatus
US4489743A (en) * 1982-07-29 1984-12-25 Otis Engineering Corporation Differential gas lift valve
US5522418A (en) * 1994-11-08 1996-06-04 Johnson; Larry Differential pressure operated gas lift valve
US20040182437A1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2004-09-23 Messick Tyson R. Gas lift valve
WO2005093209A1 (en) * 2004-03-22 2005-10-06 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Method of injecting lift gas into a production tubing of an oil well and gas lift flow control device for use in the method
WO2007089933A1 (en) * 2006-02-03 2007-08-09 Baker Hughes Incorporated Barrier orifice valve for gas lift
US20090194293A1 (en) * 2008-02-04 2009-08-06 Marathon Oil Company Apparatus, assembly and process for injecting fluid into a subterranean well

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US3386391A (en) * 1966-09-06 1968-06-04 Henry U. Garrett Well apparatus and method
US4791990A (en) * 1986-05-27 1988-12-20 Mahmood Amani Liquid removal method system and apparatus for hydrocarbon producing

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3642070A (en) * 1970-05-06 1972-02-15 Otis Eng Co Safety valve system for gas light wells
US3888273A (en) * 1974-01-21 1975-06-10 Dresser Ind Variable orifice gas lift valve
US3937280A (en) * 1975-02-03 1976-02-10 Macco Oil Tool Company, Inc. Artificial lift well apparatus
US4489743A (en) * 1982-07-29 1984-12-25 Otis Engineering Corporation Differential gas lift valve
US5522418A (en) * 1994-11-08 1996-06-04 Johnson; Larry Differential pressure operated gas lift valve
US20040182437A1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2004-09-23 Messick Tyson R. Gas lift valve
WO2005093209A1 (en) * 2004-03-22 2005-10-06 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Method of injecting lift gas into a production tubing of an oil well and gas lift flow control device for use in the method
WO2007089933A1 (en) * 2006-02-03 2007-08-09 Baker Hughes Incorporated Barrier orifice valve for gas lift
US20090194293A1 (en) * 2008-02-04 2009-08-06 Marathon Oil Company Apparatus, assembly and process for injecting fluid into a subterranean well

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