Optimizing plunger lift operations in oil and gas wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Mid-Continent Operations Symposium 1999, MCOS 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Wiggins, Michael L ^a   Nguyen, Sean H ^b   Gasbarri, Sandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^c PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELLS;

ARTIFICIAL LIFT; BACK PRESSURES; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; LIQUID LOADING; OIL AND GAS WELL; PLUNGER LIFT; RESERVOIR ENERGY; WELLBORE;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 85085408720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/52119-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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