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    Gas Lift Valves

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    A side pocket mandrel is a tool used in well completions that contains pockets to hold gas lift valves, orifices, or dummy items. Multiple side pocket mandrels can be installed in a completion string, each set to open or close specific gas lift valves at different pressure thresholds to control flow during production operations. Dummies serve no purpose other than to prevent communication between the tubing and annulus if needed as a backup.

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    Gas Lift Valves

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    Khalid Zaeem
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    A side pocket mandrel is a tool used in well completions that contains pockets to hold gas lift valves, orifices, or dummy items. Multiple side pocket mandrels can be installed in a completion string, each set to open or close specific gas lift valves at different pressure thresholds to control flow during production operations. Dummies serve no purpose other than to prevent communication between the tubing and annulus if needed as a backup.

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    A side pocket mandrel is a tool used in well completions that contains pockets to hold gas lift valves, orifices, or dummy items. Multiple side pocket mandrels can be installed in a completion string, each set to open or close specific gas lift valves at different pressure thresholds to control flow during production operations. Dummies serve no purpose other than to prevent communication between the tubing and annulus if needed as a backup.

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    Gas Lift Valves

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    Khalid Zaeem
    A side pocket mandrel is a tool used in well completions that contains pockets to hold gas lift valves, orifices, or dummy items. Multiple side pocket mandrels can be installed in a completion string, each set to open or close specific gas lift valves at different pressure thresholds to control flow during production operations. Dummies serve no purpose other than to prevent communication between the tubing and annulus if needed as a backup.

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    Side Pocket Mandrels

    • A side pocket mandrel looks like this


    Tubing
    Basically it is a pocket.
    You can put several
    items into the pocket.
    Like
    •Gas Lift Valves
    Side Pocket •Orifice
    Mandrel
    •Dummy
    Side Pocket Mandrels
    • On it’s own the SPM is useless. It is only
    when you fit it with a GLV or ORIFICE or
    DUMMY that it is useful.

    Inside the SPM contains a


    GLV, Orifice or Dummy
    • In a completion string you will have several SPMs

    SPM with
    GLV
    Completion fluid

    SPM with
    GLV

    Orifice
    • We will set the GLVs to open at specific pressures

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 400psi)
    Completion fluid

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 200psi)

    Orifice
    • First, we will pump gas down the annulus at 500psi. The completion
    fluid will drain through the GLV. The fluid travels up through the tubing
    until it reaches surface. When the gas finally reaches the port of the
    GLV, you will get gas returns at the surface.

    500psi Gas

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 400psi)
    Pressure greater than Completion fluid
    400psi. GLV is open

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 200psi)
    Pressure greater than
    200psi. GLV is open

    Orifice
    • When that happens, the pressure of gas pumping in to string reduces to
    300psi. That way, the top GLV will close but the bottom GLV is still
    open. Fluid will drain through the GLV set at 200psi

    300psi Gas

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 400psi)
    Pressure less than
    400psi. GLV is closed

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 200psi)
    Pressure greater than
    200psi. GLV is open

    Completion fluid

    Orifice
    • When the gas reaches the lower GLV, the pressure in the
    string reduces to 100psi. That way we close the lower GLV.
    Now, fluid will drain through the orifice.

    100psi Gas

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 400psi)
    Pressure less than
    300psi. GLV is closed

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 200psi)
    Pressure less than
    200psi. GLV is closed

    Orifice

    Completion fluid
    • With the 2 GLVs closed, gas will only enter the tubing string
    through the orifice. That is the only SPM working during
    production.

    100psi Gas

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 400psi)
    Pressure less than
    300psi. GLV is closed

    SPM with GLV (set


    to open at 200psi)
    Pressure less than
    200psi. GLV is closed

    Orifice

    Completion fluid
    About the Dummy
    The GLV and orifice can be retrieved through the tubing using Slick line.
    Sometimes, we put a dummy in the SPM as a back up. It serves no
    purpose, except to prevent communication in between the tubing and
    annulus.

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