Gas Meter Verification Services

Gas lift rate verification is a critical aspect of optimizing oil and gas production systems. Ensuring that the correct amount of lift gas is being injected into a well can have a significant impact on production efficiency, reservoir management, and overall field profitability. Here’s why it matters:

1. Maximizing Production Efficiency

Accurate gas lift rate verification ensures that wells operate at their most productive state. Injecting too much or too little gas can lead to suboptimal production rates, increased operational costs, and potential damage to equipment. By verifying the gas lift rate, operators can maintain the well at its peak performance.

2. Preventing Inefficiencies and Wasted Resources

Inaccurate gas lift rates can result in wasted resources, such as excess compression energy or unused production capacity. Verification helps in aligning lift gas allocation with well requirements, reducing over-injection and minimizing unnecessary operational costs.

3. Enhancing Reservoir Management

Effective gas lift rate management supports balanced reservoir depletion. Over-injection can lead to accelerated gas breakthrough or reduced oil recovery, while under-injection may leave reserves untapped. Verification allows operators to fine-tune lift rates for long-term reservoir health.

4. Supporting Economic Optimization

Gas lift rate verification enables operators to evaluate the economic performance of wells. By understanding the relationship between gas lift costs and incremental oil or gas production, operators can make informed decisions to maximize net profitability.

5. Adapting to Dynamic Field Conditions

Field conditions, such as pressure, temperature, and fluid composition, often change over time. Gas lift rate verification ensures that operations adapt to these changes, maintaining efficiency and avoiding downtime due to mismatches between lift gas supply and well performance needs.

6. Identifying Operational Issues

Gas lift verification can reveal underlying issues in the well or surface facilities, such as gas injection inefficiencies, equipment malfunctions, or changes in flow dynamics. Early detection allows for timely corrective actions to avoid prolonged production losses.

7. Supporting Field-Wide Optimization

In fields with multiple wells, efficient gas lift rate verification across all wells ensures optimal allocation of lift gas. This prevents bottlenecks and maximizes overall field productivity within facility constraints.

By incorporating systematic gas lift rate verification, operators gain the insights needed to maintain efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable production operations. ScanWell’s advanced monitoring and data analysis solutions provide the tools necessary to achieve precise gas lift optimization.

Scanwell has been deploying the N2-based dilution technique for gas lift injection rate for its clients worldwide. Tracer gas dilution is a method for measuring volumetric flow of gasses and liquids. It does not require the measurement of the cross-sectional area of the pipe, hence applicable on single and multiphase flow, and insensitive to non-ideal flow characteristics. The method comprises of injecting a known concentration of tracer at a constant rate into an upstream location of the flow stream. The tracer becomes mixed and diluted, and after steady-state conditions are achieved, the diluted volume fraction of the tracer is measured at a downstream location. The increase in the tracer component concentration at the sampling location, is directly proportional to the flow stream’s volumetric rate, transferring the tracer to sampling location. Scanwell holds a patent related to use of a dilution method on gas lifted wells. Gas Lift Injection Rate Verification is a critical process for optimizing and monitoring gas lift systems. By using direct measurements, operators can ensure that the correct amount of gas is injected to maximize production and maintain well performance. Accurate verification supports efficient operation and informed decision-making, ultimately leading to improved production rates and reduced operational costs.