RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF GAS-LIFT INSTALLATIONS
American Petroleum Institute
1 Gas-lift Operating System Components and
Potential Problems
2 Gas-lift Operating Problems
3 Surface Gas-lift Compression, Dehydration,
and Distribution
4 Gas Injection Metering and Control
5 Gas-lift Valves
6 Well Equipment - Tubulars, Completion, and
Wellhead
7 Gathering System - Flowline and Manifold
8 Well Production Rate Testing
9 Production Handling System
10 Guidelines for Collecting and Using
Operating Information
11 Manual and Automated Well Operation and Control
12 Procedures for Initial Unloading and Kick Off
13 Procedures for Adjusting (Fine Tuning) Gas-lift
Injection Rates
14 Gas-lift Troubleshooting Tools
15 Recommended Practices for Dealing with Wells
That Produce Sand
16 Typical Locations of Gas-lift Problems
17 Possible Causes and Cures of Common Malfunctions
of Gas-lift Systems
18 Gas-lift Troubleshooting Checklist
Bibliography
Helps gas-lift system operators, analysts, technicians, engineers, and others in understanding how to effectively plan, operate, maintain, troubleshoot and provide surveillance for gas-lift systems and gas-lift wells.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | American Petroleum Institute |
