Plunger Lift

Plunger Lift uses the well’s natural gas, energy, or gas injection to seal around the plunger and eliminates liquid fallback. This artificial lift method of continually unloading liquids in the tubing string optimizes oil and gas production.

Plunger lift is typically used in high gas/liquid ratio (GLR) wells and is versatile enough to be used in lower GLR wells with recent advances in technology.

The main Types are:

• Continuous Flow Plungers: high gas and liquid rate wells that require very little to no shut-in time (EX: 1200 mcf/day & 400 bbls/day).
• Fast Fall Plungers: high gas and liquid rate wells that require some shut-in time (EX: 350 mcf/day & 40 bbls/day)
• Conventional Plungers: moderate to low rate wells that require shut-in to allow for pressure build-up to unload liquids (EX: 100 mcf/day & 10 bbls/day)
• Multistage Plunger Lift: lower GLR wells that do not support traditional plunger lift applications. The gas and liquids are lifted in stages throughout the tubing string which allows the system to be operated at lower GLRs.