Prime Highlights
- Silverwell has won a multi-million-dollar contract to deploy DIAL technology across multiple offshore wells in the Middle East.
- DIAL allows operators to remotely adjust gas-lift valves and monitor well conditions in real time.
Key Facts
- The project covers ERD wells, dual-string completions and automatic gas-lift applications.
- DIAL includes permanent downhole sensors and an Auto-Unloading feature.
Background
Silverwell has secured a multi-million-dollar, multi-well contract from a major Middle East oil and gas operator to deploy its Digital Intelligent Artificial Lift (DIAL) technology.
The project will cover high-production offshore wells, including extended reach drilling wells, dual-string completions and wells using automatic gas lift systems. The company said the technology will help operators manage production more efficiently across these complex assets.
Gas-lift wells often need physical intervention when operators want to change valve settings or collect information from below the surface. Such work can require a well to stop production while technicians replace valves and restart the system. This can increase costs and lead to lost output.
DIAL is designed to reduce the need for these interventions. The system enables the operators to regulate the settings of gas lift valves at the surface. The adjustments of the orifice diameter are made based on changes in well conditions.
Sensors that are permanently installed at the bottom of the well provide real-time data on the injection rate and temperatures. Operators can use this data to monitor well performance and make adjustments without taking the well offline.
Silverwell said DIAL can support deeper gas injection and higher production while reducing operating expenses. The technology has also been tested in high-pressure and acidic well conditions.
The system includes Silverwell’s Auto-Unloading feature, which automates the process of starting and unloading wells. This can help bring wells into production more quickly.
Silverwell CEO Darrell Johnson said remote monitoring and control could reduce the need for costly well interventions and help operators improve production over a well’s operating life.
The contract highlights increasing interest in all-electric intelligent completion systems among Middle East operators developing high-output offshore fields.
