form a lift gas stream and a power stream containing natural gasses from the well the lift gas stream is recycled for use as lift gas while the power stream can be transported and or collected for sale recycled for use as lift gas or consumed as power for the compressor based on measurements obtained throughout the system coupled with practical and economic variables by supplementing or replacing generated lift gas and or an external power source with natural gas from the well the present systems and methods can become self contained after start up application_number US 29140408 A description before explaining the present embodiments in detail it is to be understood that the embodiments are not limited to the particular descriptions and that the embodiments can be practiced or carried out in various ways referring now to fig1 a diagram of an embodiment of the present system is depicted fig1 illustrates one embodiment of a gas lift system the primary components including a lift gas source 10 a compressor 20 a three phase separator 36 and a pressure swing absorption separator 64 which can be connected using a plurality of lines or similar conduits with a plurality of three way valves 14 26 50 56 72 for directing gas flows throughout the system fig1 shows the lift gas source 10 such as a nitrogen generator for producing and flowing a generated gas stream 12 to the compressor 20 in an embodiment the lift gas source 10 can be a diesel.