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Shell and Gas Lift – A Historical Perspective. ASME Gas Lift Workshop 4 February, 2009 Scheveningen, The Netherlands John Rusz. 1950’s. 1957 Treaty of Rome signed – Forming the European Economic Community Earliest report in the Shell Rijswijk Catalog on the subject of Gas Lift - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Shell and Gas Lift – A Historical Perspective
ASME Gas Lift Workshop
4 February, 2009
Scheveningen, The Netherlands
John Rusz
Shell Exploration & Production
1950’s
• 1957
– Treaty of Rome signed – Forming the European Economic Community
– Earliest report in the Shell Rijswijk Catalog on the subject of Gas Lift
• “Gas Lifting of Yarigui Wells, Colombia”
– Currently operated by Ecopetrol
– Formerly on gas lift, now on Beam Pump and still producing
• 1959
– Texas Instruments applies for a patent on the integrated circuit
– Shell installs Camco “KCM” wireline retrievable side pocket mandrels in Olomoro field of Nigeria. The SPM, which revolutionised the industry, was patented by Camco in 1954.
Shell Exploration & Production
1960’s
• 1961
– The Beatles played their first gig at Liverpool’s Cavern Club.
– Ros / Ros-Gray / Duns & Ros two phase correlation developed at Shell labs.
• 1964
– The first Ford Mustang car is produced.
– JV Vogel published his landmark paper on Inflow Performance which is still used today.
• 1968
– First Boeing 747 is delivered.
– First Shell reference on calculation of the Equilibrium Curve
Shell Exploration & Production
1980’s• 1984
– Bishop Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize
– Tulsa University Artificial Lift Project – gas lift valve performance
• 1987
– IBM PC-DOS version 3.3 released
– CO2 Tracer Developed at Shell Research in Bellaire
• 1989
– “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” wins a Grammy award
– WinGLUE Development begins
• Personal use of compiled Fortran executables
• Commercial product
Shell Exploration & Production
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WinGLUE Functionality (partial list)
• Equilibrium Curves
• Well Test Calibration
• Valve Performance Clearinghouse integration
• CO2 Tracer (“WellTracer”) integration
• Fieldwide Lift Gas Allocation
• Electronic gauge data import utility
• File Export to Petroleum Experts’ “GAP”
• PI server connection for SCADA view and import
• Gas Lift Valve Reliability and Tracking database
Shell Exploration & Production
1990’s
• 1991 – first electric Gas Lift Valve installed in Oman for PDO by HES/Otis
• 1993 – Shell lab research into dynamic simulation of gas lift wells
• 1994 – 18M Gas Lift Research Dual-Well Model installed in Rijswijk, now at TU Delft
Shell Exploration & Production
1990’s
• 1995 – SGAS (Unix) fieldwide lift gas SCADA system installed in Oman
• 1995 –12M Gas Lift Training Well Model installed in Noordwijkerhout, now in Rijswijk
Shell Exploration & Production
1990’s
• 1998 – Charter Member of the Valve Performance Clearinghouse joint industry project.
• 1998 – Virtual Gas-Lift Well Training Model
Shell Exploration & Production
1990’s
• 1998 – Cableless electric gas lift valve developed and installed in Brunei and Oman. Commercialised
Shell Exploration & Production
1990’s
• 1999 - Small Bubbles tested in Brunei and Cameroon.
• Bubble Breaker now commercialised.
Shell Exploration & Production
2000’s
• 2000 – Online Gas Lift Training deployed worldwide
• 2000 – FieldWare GasLift deployed in Cameroon. Commercialised
• 2001 – CO2 Tracer redevelopment. Commercialised
• 2002 - High Reliability Gas-Lift Flow Control Device. Commercialised
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CO2 Tracer
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HRglO
Shell Exploration & Production
2000’s
• 2007 – Retrofit Gas Lift on a Tension Leg Platform
– 4000 ft. water depth, US$ 1 billion facility, 150 colleagues
• 2008 – Smart Auto-Lift
– Using smart well hardware to lift an oil zone with a gas zone in the same wellbore
• The future
– Shell has had a long relationship with the safe, and profitable production of oil using gas lift. We plan and expect for this relationship to continue for many years to come.
– We strive to improve the integrity of our assets, to train and support our staff and to support the communities where we work and live.