Patent ID: 11965400
Assignee: WELL MASTER CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 19:
20. A launch point lift gas velocity control system comprising:
a system controller comprising a system processor, the system controller operating to control a launch point lift gas velocity of a sequence of gas-liquid mixtures at a launch point location of a production string of a well casing, the sequence of gas-liquid mixtures disposed within a production string fitted within a well bore, the production string configured to allow the sequence of gas-liquid mixtures to travel within the production string, the production string in fluid communication with a hydrocarbon deposit and having a set of well parameters comprising a first set of well parameters and having a first production string section associated with a wellhead portion of the production string; and
a system control device in fluid communication with the production string and having an initial system control device setting, the system control device controlled by the system controller;
wherein, upon identification of the launch point location within the production string, the system processor executes machine-executable instructions to:
receive the first set of well parameters;
receive the initial system control device setting;
receive the launch point location;
determine a first launch point lift gas velocity at the launch point location based at least on the first set of well parameters, the first launch point lift gas velocity enabling a first gas-liquid mixture of the sequence of gas-liquid mixtures adjacent the launch point location to depart the launch point location;
determine a first adjusted system control device setting that establishes the first launch point lift gas velocity at the launch point location;
communicate the first adjusted system control device setting to the system control device; and
adjust the system control device to the first adjusted system control device setting from the initial system control device setting;
wherein:

the first gas-liquid mixture adjacent the launch point location departs the launch point location as a first launched gas-liquid mixture that achieves the first launch point lift gas velocity;
upon the first launched gas-liquid mixture reaching the first production string section, the system processor executes machine-executable instructions to:
determine a second launch point lift gas velocity at the launch point location, the second launch point lift gas velocity enabling a second gas-liquid mixture of the sequence of gas-liquid mixtures adjacent the launch point location to depart the launch point location;
determine a second adjusted system control device setting that establishes the second launch point lift gas velocity at the launch point location;
communicate the second adjusted system control device setting to the system control device; and
adjust the system control device to the second adjusted system control device setting;
wherein:

the second gas-liquid mixture adjacent the launch point location departs the launch point location as a second launched gas-liquid mixture that achieves the second launch point lift gas velocity.