Dissolvable Packers: Enabling Day-One Gas Lift and Setting a New Well Control Standard in High-Pressure Wells

In the Delaware Basin, traditional well control during high-pressure annular gas lift installations often introduced risks of formation damage, restricted wellbore access, costly interventions, and extended non-productive time. A dissolvable packer eliminated these drawbacks by delivering reliable pressure isolation without kill fluids, snubbing, or retrieval operations, enabling day-one gas lift. Validated across more than 100 wells, the technology consistently lowered costs, accelerated production onset, and became Devon Energy’s well control standard for gas lift installation in high-pressure wells.