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Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on February 28, 2013 at 15:47

It is my understanding that the choke can be controlled remotely.

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Permalink Reply by dbob on February 28, 2013 at 16:13

Keith, Two Dogs -

Many of the older wells and a lot of the newer wells I see cannot be "choked" remotely.  Many of these can be shut in remotely

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Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on February 28, 2013 at 16:23

dbob, from what I have read in the past it takes a lot more than a remote controlled choke to make this deal work.

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Permalink Reply by Max on March 3, 2013 at 5:19

Question:  How long before the choke wears out from flow?

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Permalink Reply by Darrell Lohoefer on March 5, 2013 at 8:57

Certain types of chokes on producing wells "can" be controlled remotely, but 99.99% of the ones used on shore are not. Most are manual and are changed by a person. Reason being, remote adjustable chokes are very expensive compared to the manual ones and there's not much cost effectiveness to being able to remotely change the choke size of a well.

Chokes cans wear out from flow, but assuming there is no sand in the gas stream,that is it is just gas flowing, they last years. Even if it does "wear out" that effective just means the opening gets bigger and bigger and flow continues.

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Permalink Reply by Keith Mauck (Site Publisher) on March 6, 2013 at 6:52

Thanks Darrell

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Permalink Reply by Crackerjack on March 5, 2013 at 13:33

I have a choke on my desk that was taken from a well about 15 years ago.  It is stainless steel, about six inches long, 1.5 inches in diameter and has 16/64 stamped on it.  It has a threaded section and a hex head.  The 16/64th hole thru the center is lined with some other type of material, not sure what, maybe ceramic.  There is nothing adjustable about this choke.

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