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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
David J. Schmidt, Morristown, NJ (US);
Krishnan Kumaran, Raritan, NJ (US);
Donald Allen Burnett, Spring, TX (US);
Patrick E. Goschy, Katy, TX (US);
Brian C. Seabrook, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods of increasing efficiency of plunger lift operations and hydrocarbon wells that perform the methods are disclosed herein. The methods include monitoring an acoustic output from the hydrocarbon well. The methods also include calculating a plunger speed of a plunger of the hydrocarbon well as the plunger travels toward a surface region and calculating a discharge duration of a liquid discharge time period during which liquid is discharged from the hydrocarbon well. The methods further include correlating the plunger speed and the discharge duration to a discharge volume of liquid discharged from the hydrocarbon well.