October 2010
Features

New hydraulic lift system overcomes beam pump challenges in CBM wells

El Paso E&P Company operates coalbed methane (CBM) wells in Alabama’s Black Warrior Basin. Because of low reservoir pressure and low liquid rates, the majority of these wells require artificial lift to remove water from the wellbore in order to allow the coal seam to produce gas.

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