Silverwell, a developer of advanced intelligent completion technologies, has been awarded a multi-million-dollar, multi-well contract with a leading Middle East operator for the deployment of its Digital Intelligent Artificial Lift (DIAL) technology.

The programme spans high-production offshore assets, including premium high-rate extended reach drilling (ERD) wells, dual-string completions and auto-gas lift applications, the company said.

Optimising gas-lift wells requires costly interventions to change valves and collect downhole data. Changing valve settings can mean taking a well offline, replacing the valves and unloading the well, resulting in lost production and high operating costs.

DIAL removes that constraint. Operators can adjust valve settings remotely from the surface, including effective orifice size, in response to changing well conditions. Permanent downhole sensors provide real-time injection rate and temperature data, enabling continuous optimization without intervention.

The system enables deeper gas injection, higher production rates and lower operating costs, and has proven reliable in high-pressure, acidic environments. DIAL also incorporates Silverwell's Auto-Unloading capability, which automates well start-up and unloading to accelerate production.

"The industry has long treated well intervention as an unavoidable cost of gas lift. It is not," said Darrell Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Silverwell. "DIAL enables operators to monitor and optimize gas lift performance remotely in real time, boosting production, lowering costs and improving the value of a well over its lifetime."

The award reflects growing adoption of all-electric intelligent completions among Middle East operators managing high-rate offshore assets. - TradeArabia News Service