Patents Represented by Attorney D'Ambrosio & Menon, PLLC
  • Patent number: 8150637
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for evaluating the performance of a gas lift well are disclosed. A gas lift well surveillance kit is disclosed. A method for evaluating the performance of a gas lift well includes injecting a tracer into an annulus, measuring a concentration of the tracer present in a substance retrieved from the well, determining actual travel times of the tracer, segmenting the gas lift well into a plurality of ranges of well depth, determining lift gas loss parameters, calculating lift gas velocities in the annulus and in the production tubing for each of the plurality of ranges of well depth based on the lift gas loss parameters, and determining points of entry of the lift gas into the production tubing based on: (i) the actual travel times of the tracer, and (ii) the lift gas velocities in the annulus and in the production tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: WellTracer Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Peacock, Dan Dees