Systems and methods for production of gas wells

摘要

A method for producing gas from a well including a wellbore extending from a surface into a subterranean formation, wherein the well also produces liquid, the method including: (a) producing gas from a production zone in the subterranean formation through an annulus extending within the wellbore at a first velocity that is greater than a critical velocity, and (b) pumping liquid through a liquid tubing string after (a) to reduce a level of the liquid within the wellbore. The method also includes: (c) shutting in the annulus after (a) after the first velocity decreases below the critical velocity, wherein the annulus has a first cross-sectional area and the first production string has a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area, and (d) producing gas from the production zone through the first production tubing string after (c) at a second velocity being greater than the critical velocity.

主权项

1. A method for producing gas from a well including a wellbore extending from a surface into a subterranean formation, wherein the well also produces a liquid, the method comprising:
(a) producing gas from a production zone in the subterranean formation through an annulus extending within the wellbore at a first velocity that is greater than a critical velocity; (b) shutting in the annulus after (a) after the first velocity decreases below the critical velocity, wherein the annulus has a first cross-sectional area and a first production string has a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area; (c) producing gas from the production zone through the first production tubing string after (b) at a second velocity that is greater than the critical velocity; and (d) pumping liquid through a liquid tubing string with a pump during (c) to reduce a level of the liquid within the wellbore.