A program is in operationat Prudhoe Bay, Alaska which injects emulsion breaker downhole with lift gas to enhance production. This paper addresses the reasons emulsions can limit production in a gas lifted well and the benefits that can be realized by breaking the emulsion downhole. A discussion of the simple but effective produced fluids emulsion screening test and the field implementation of downhole emulsion breaker in wells at Prudhoe Bay are included inthis paper.
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