{"title":"Gas-Lift Technology Applied to Dewatering of Coalbed Methane Wells in the Black Warrior Basin","authors":"Kenneth Johnson, A. Coats, S. Marinello","doi":"10.2118/21590-PA","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Coalbed methane (CBM) wells are usually dewatered with sucker rod or progressive cavity pumps to reduce wellbore water levels, although not without problems. This paper describes high-volume artificial-lift technology that incorporates specifically designed gas-lift methods to dewater Black Warrior CBM wells. Gas lift provides improved well maintenance and production optimization by the use of conventional wireline service methods.","PeriodicalId":22020,"journal":{"name":"Spe Production Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":"379-383"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Spe Production Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2118/21590-PA","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Coalbed methane (CBM) wells are usually dewatered with sucker rod or progressive cavity pumps to reduce wellbore water levels, although not without problems. This paper describes high-volume artificial-lift technology that incorporates specifically designed gas-lift methods to dewater Black Warrior CBM wells. Gas lift provides improved well maintenance and production optimization by the use of conventional wireline service methods.