PLUNGER LIFT SYSTEM

Abstract: a method includes deploying a plunger from a wellhead to a downhole location of a production string fluidly coupled to the wellhead and disposed within a wellbore, the plunger including a plunger sensor and the production string including a plurality of sensors. the method includes sensing, by the plunger sensor, the plurality of sensors as the plunger moves in a downhole direction. the method also includes lifting the plunger and sensing, by the plunger sensor, the plurality of sensors as the plunger moves in an uphole direction. the method also includes determining, as a function of sensor feedback from the plunger sensor, at least one parameter of the plunger. the method also includes controlling, as a function of the parameter of the plunger, a valve fluidly coupled to the wellhead to control a parameter of a present or subsequent plunger lift cycle operation.

Inventor(s): Bagus Wahyu Setiadi, Gustavo Ariel Alvarez, Felix A. Cepeda Gomez, Abdulrazak M. Hajji

CPC Classification: E21B43/123 (Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells ( takes precedence; valve arrangements ))

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