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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Epic Lift Systems Llc, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Schuyler Kuykendall, Granbury, TX (US);
Assignee:
EPIC LIFT SYSTEMS LLC, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); F04B 47/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/122 (2013.01); E21B 43/121 (2013.01); F04B 47/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method for operating a gas lift plunger in a well, of which the method includes determining that the plunger is at a predetermined position in the well. Gas from a compressor is introduced into a pressure vessel in response to determining that the plunger is at the predetermined position in the well. The gas is then introduced from the compressor into the well a predetermined amount of time after the plunger is determined to be at the predetermined position in the well.