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plunger lift

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plunger lift [′plən·jər ‚lift]
(petroleum engineering)
A method of lifting oil by using compressed gas to drive a free piston from the lower end of the tubing string to the surface.


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The company designs, engineers, manufactures, installs and services gas lift systems, plunger lift systems and completion equipment.
The production operations commenced on Friday May 17th and continued up until Saturday May 24th, at which point the well has been placed on production using a plunger lift system.
Other operators tried unsuccessfully to revive the well using conventional technologies such as compression, plunger lifts and siphon strings.
 
 
 
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