(6) CASING GAS SEPARATOR - A SIMPLE METHOD TO DOUBLE GAS SEPARATION CAPACITY IN NEW WELLS
Brian Ellithorp, BlackJack Production Tools
A casing gas separator (CGS) is a safe to run, low-risk, and efficiency altering tool that pairs naturally with existing wellbore design and work practices to vastly improve gas handling and capacity in virtually any form of artificial lift.
When a new well is drilled the hole is cased and cemented and during that process a CGS is run permanently into place on the casing with no alteration to the drilling program whatsoever. The CGS is commonly placed at kickoff point or in a tangent further downhole and well work occurs with absolutely no alteration to normal completion processes.
A CGS may be run and set with multiple flowpath options and separation capacity is essentially doubled by providing twice the casing flow area inside the tool. The result is the most prolific and flexible gas separation technology any horizontal well has ever applied.