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abrasive fluids, 24, 61, 71, 96 coiled tubing jet pump, 115
aeration, 73, 76−78, 85 compressibility, 9−10, 52, 106
air lift, 73−74 compression pumps, 49
aromatic gases, 6, 10, 61, 68, 71 continuous gas lift
artificial lift about, 2−3, 75
about, 1 and natural flow, 76−77
decision factors, 8−12 equipment selection, 85
lift system selection, 4−5 operating principles, 76−80
technology comparison, 6−7 system components, 80−82
types of lift systems, 2−4 system design, 83−85
artificial-lift controllers, 127 typical applications, 6, 75
Arutunoff, Armias, 43 continuous rod, 2, 16, 36, 64−65
asphaltic oils, 11 continuous rod installation, 37
conventional beam (pumping) units, 27−28, 42
back-pressure, 1, 4, 6−7, 9, 41, 55, 68−69, 80, 82, conventional gas lift. See continuous gas lift, gas
84−85, 93 lift, and intermittent gas lift.
ball-and-seat check valves, 24 conventional-tubing (fixed pump) installations,
ball valves, 13 112, 114
beam balanced units, 30, 42 corrosion, 7, 41, 66, 71, 104
blowout preventer (BOP), 70 counterbalance weights, 28
bottomhole pressure (BHP), 3, 9, 84, 87, 94, 101 counterweights, 29
bridging, 69 critical gas rate, 106
brine, 13 critical velocity, 3, 99, 103, 105−106, 108
bumper spring, 93−94, 98 cycle rate, 88

capillary systems, 104−105 dead string, 101, 107
capillary tubing strings, 104−105, 108 decision factors, lift system selection
centipoise (cp), 46, 61 environmental and regulatory factors, 5, 11
centrifugal pump operation, schematic of, 47 fluid factors, 5, 10−11
choke valves, 82 operator-specific discretionary factors, 5, 12
clearances, 22, 67 reservoir factors, 5, 8
Coberly, C.J., 109 well and flow line factors, 5, 8−10
coiled tubing, 56, 110−111, 114 decline curve, 9, 32, 99, 124

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