Patent ID: 7004258

Claim:
An apparatus for increasing oil and gas recovery in a well by enhancing oil and gas flow therein, wherein the well has a well bore surface and well string casing therein extending into an oil and gas zone, a tubing string operably installed within the string casing through which the oil and gas flow and a sales flow line connected to the tubing, including: means for automatically delivering a flow enhancing substance to a head of the well wherein said delivering means includes lubricator piping connected to the tubing string and a controller having a sensor operably interconnected to said lubricator piping and a supply container containing said flow enhancing substance and is further operably connected to the sales flow line, wherein said controller is programmed to sense when well flow diminishes below a predetermined flow rate and is equipped to shut in the well through a flow control valve operably connected to the sales flow line; and a plunger operably disposed in a manner to move within the tubing string and said lubricating piping and having means for automatically receiving said flow enhancing substance from said delivering means at the well head and releasing said flow enhancing substance upon reaching a lower portion of the well.