Gas Well Deliquification Workshop

Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado

February 25 - 27, 2008

Downhole Pressure Boosting: A

production enhancement tool for
both dry and liquid loaded Gas wells
Norman Liley, Project Director
Corac Group plc, UK
JIP Partners: -
 Presentation content

Why Compress Downhole?

Key Innovative Steps
Machine Design
Project Progress
Liquids handling (video)
Application guide
Value Proposition

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 Why Compress Downhole?
Pressure Gradient

Tubing Head Pressure Pressure (Psia)

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
0

Pressure profile
1000 necessary to produce
same flow as a DGC
2000
Length (ft)

Tubing Flow
3000
Reservoir Depth

4000 DGC Boosted Flow

5000

Reservoir
6000 Pressure

Increase in Drawdown

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 Why Compress Downhole?
No surface equivalent below FWHP < c.400psi

Tubing Head Pressure

Pressure (Psia)
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
0

No surface compression
Compression process equivalent
1000 to DGC atto
FWHP < c. 400psi
adds heat the gas
suppressing liquid drop-
2000 out in upper tubing
Tubing Flow
Length (ft)

3000
Reservoir Depth

DGC Boosted
4000
Flow
5000

Reservoir Pressure
6000

Increase in Drawdown

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 Why Compress Downhole?
Gas Velocity Gradient

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 Why Compress Downhole?
DGC increases velocity in lower tubing

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 Why Compress Downhole?
Well performance with liquids

1600
No DGC, WGR=0 stb/MMscf
No DGC, WGR=1 stb/MMscf
No DGC, WGR=10 stb/MMscf
No DGC, WGR=38 stb/MMscf
1200
Pwf (psia)

800

400
Gas velocity <Turner criteria

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Gas Rate (MMscf/d)

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 Why Compress Downhole?
DGC increases production to a lower reservoir pressure

1600
With DGC, WGR=0 stb/MMscf
With DGC, WGR=1 stb/MMscf
With DGC, WGR=10 stb/MMscf
No DGC, WGR=38 stb/MMscf With DGC, WGR=38 stb/MMscf
1200
Pwf (psia)

800
> 50% Production
Increase
400

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Gas Rate (MMscf/d)

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 Downhole Gas Compression is a powered
artificial lift technique that maintains high
production rates at lower tubing head pressures
even in wet wells
Reasoning:
Greater drawdown increases flow from the reservoir;
This increased flow, at lower pressure, results in higher
gas velocity within the lower tubing ) deliquification;
Compression heat suppresses drop-out in upper tubing;

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 Key Innovative Steps

Gas filled brushless High speed, low loss, no

permanent magnet seals and highest power
motors; density;
Drive and Compressor No seals / couplings -
on one piece shaft; robustness;
Gas lubricated Facilitates high speed
bearings; with negligible losses;
Downhole power Power transmission for
electronics; high speed;
Low speed blading. Liquids and solids
management.

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 Design: Compressor Module (loop)
Internal gas system cooler
Motor cooling fan
Primary Discharge
Compressor Gas flow

Rear Bearing
Shaft
Inlet Motor
Front Bearing

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 Progress at new Test Loop
The facility:
Replicates d/h
environment;
Various gases;
Representative P & T;
2-phase flow.
A year of testing:
Performance verification;
Establish reliability.
Field trials late 2008.

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 Full Density Multi-Phase Aero Testing

45% LMF

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 Ideal Wells
7 and above cased wells;
Moderate volume (2-50MMScf/d);
Average to good deliverability;
Those suffering liquid loading are excellent;
Low solids production;
Available electrical power;
Workover rig available;
Reservoir temperature < 110C (short term);
Assets with limited low pressure surface facilities;
Use as alternative to infill drilling;
High value assets (offshore).

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 Illustrative Potential Incremental
Economics

Figures supplied by a customer from their (real) asset model

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 DGC: The Value Proposition

DGC could add value by: -

Increasing production (up to 50% and beyond);
Lowering abandonment pressure;
Unloading wet wells;
Delaying decommissioning;
Extending field life;

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 Downhole Gas
Compression

Based on existing technologies

Prototype testing underway
Field trials planned later this year
Further JIP participation sought
Commercialisation nearing
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