Course overview
The purpose of the course is to initiate the attendees to the different artificial lift methods used to produce the non flowing wells, and get them the tools to design and operate an artificial lift installation.
In this short course you will get well-acquainted with five popular lift systems. (Gas lift; ESP; Beam-pump; PCP; hydraulic Pumps-Jet pumps). You learn enough detail to dispel numerous myths regarding artificial lift and will be provided numerous checklists to improve performance, cost and production from either beam pumps, gas lift, electric submersible pumps, hydraulic and jet pumps. You learn totally from logic, with no complicated math.
Course content
- Day 1:
- Well completion / Artificial method selection
- Day 2:
- SRP design, installation & application Beam (Rod) Pump Systems, Surface and Subsurface Equipment, Power Requirements, Dynamometers and Troubleshooting, Optimization, Exercise for Designing a SRP System Progressive Cavity Pumps System, Applications Surface and Subsurface Equipment, Geometry of Downhole Pump, Fit (Interference), Viscosity, Slip Elastomers, Power Requirement.
- Day 3:
- PCP design, installation & application Exercise for Designing a PCP System Progressive Cavity Pumps System The importance of artificial lift. What is the History, Feature & benefit of PCP. Capability of differentiate the PCP visually What the pump development. Describe the operating principles of the Pump & testing generalities. Who to develop Test report. Basic in progressing capacity pumping system. A- Unit Pumpers, Types of Pump Jacks Counterbalance, Load Range Diagrams. B. Prime Movers, Electric Motors Electric V.F.D., Single Cylinder Gas Engines Multi Cylinder Gas Engines.
- Day 4:
- ESP on shore / offshore design, installation (Rig-less) & application ESP Equipment, Operation and Installation Design of an ESP system to fit current and future well conditions, Operation of a given design Analysis of an ESP system using diagnostics from installed instrumentation and using diagnostic computer programs Removal of failed equipment Teardown analysis of failed equipment and RCFA considerations, Controls for ESP systems including variable speed drives, ESP instrumentation available in the industry Importance of data keeping Maintenance and monitoring. Description of all components of the electrical submersible system starting at the surface to the pump, transformers, controllers/VSD, wellhead, tubing cable, cable guards, motor lead cable, pump, intake/gas separator, equalizer/protector, motor and instrumentation Installation considerations and cautions Analysis of an ESP system using diagnostics from installed instrumentation and using diagnostic.
- Day 5:
- Failure analysis & root cause Pump Performance and Troubleshooting Motor Pump Performance at Different Speed Frequencies, AMP Charts, and Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting. Course must contain a large section on Amp Chart Interpretation, Failure analysis, Data keeping, Maintenance and monitoring.
- The different artificial methods (gas lift, ESP, Jet pumps,.) used in the oil industry.
- Understand the physical background of artificial lift methods.
- Be able to select the appropriate AL method to specific reservoir problem
- Be able to calculate an AL installation.
- Select the appropriate equipment.
- Be able to run trouble shooting in an AL installation
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 9
- Assessments Yes
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