Case Study: a leading gas and water production company achieves 40% higher field production with SLB PhaseTester Vx technology

Multiphase Measurement Technology and Sampling Increase Auto Gas Lift Well Production by 40%

SLB worked with a leading gas and water production company in the Middle East that was struggling with mature oil wells losing production as gas and water breakthrough choked back oil flow. The company needed a way to control gas inflow, optimize inflow control valve settings, and accurately measure multiple phases without the cost and delay of building a conventional gas lift pipeline network.

SLB deployed PhaseTester portable multiphase well testing equipment with Vx multiphase well testing technology, along with fluid sampling and production logging, to test auto gas lifting on a pilot well and then across the field. The solution enabled accurate flow measurement, production characterization, and better ICV optimization, bringing the wells back on sustained production, reducing interventions, and increasing total field production by 40%.