Paper: Chandler Frost, Production Control Services

Multi-staging a well with more than one plunger utilizes more of the well's energy to lift fluid. Setting a Multi-stage tool in a well with a collar stop or tubing stop allows for one plunger to lift below the tool and one plunger to lift above the tool. By staging the well with a multi-stage tool, the fluid load on each plunger is lifted to a shallower depth. The bottom plunger lifts fluid to the tool which is caught with a standing valve. The second plunger then lifts that fluid to the surface. All of the head gas above the liquid level is sellable gas, but is wasted energy. By staging the well, part of the head gas can be used as an energy lifting source. The multi-stage tool can be used in many different types of wells.