Artificial lift systems are important part of production operations for the entire lifecycle of an asset. Often oil and gas wells require artificial lift for most of the life cycle. Efficient and cost-effective production workflows involve field management using digital oilfield concepts. Understanding of these important production concepts are a must in order to profitably exploit the existing assets to the fullest extent.
Accutant Solutions
Houston, TX, USA
Knowledge Takeways
- Provide an awareness of the fundamentals of production by introducing fluid flow, flow correlations, PVT/Black Oil, and discussing the inflow performance relationship (IPR), vertical lift performance (VLP), nodal analysis, and pressure gradient curves.
- Introduce applications of major forms of artificial lift like gas-lift (GL), reciprocating rod lift (RRL), electrical submersible pumping (ESP), progressing cavity pumping (PCP), hydraulic jet and piston pump (HJP), plunger and capillary injection.
- Provide knowledge to the participants about the entire lift system - from downhole to the surface - and relevant components for GL, RRL, ESP, PCP, HJP, and Plunger.
- It discusses challenges facing lift applications. addresses how digital oilfield tools help address these challenges. Artificial lift selection and life cycle analysis are covered. Recent advances in real-time approaches to the production monitoring and lift management are also discussed using field case studies.
Who should attend?
- Production, reservoir, completion, drilling and facilities engineers and operators interested in learning about selection, design, analysis and optimum operation of artificial lift and related production systems will benefit from this course.
Prerequisites:
- Understanding of basic petroleum engineering concepts. Attendees should have petroleum engineering background or at least five years of working experience in the industry.
- For 3-5 days classes: Each participant needs to bring a laptop for solving class examples using software to be provided during class. Laptop needs to have a current Windows operating system and at least 500 MB free disk space. Participant should have administrator rights to install software.
Course level:
- Beginner to Intermediate
Course contents:
Module 1: Production Systems Analysis and Gas-Lift
- Pre-Test
- Systems or Nodal Analysis: Multiphase flow, PVT properties, Inflow and Outflow Performance
- Artificial Lift Systems Classification: What, Why, How.
- Continuous Gas-lift: Applications, Benefit/Limitations, Components, Design example, Optimization
Module 2: : Reciprocating Rod Lift
- Applications, Benefit/Limitations, Components
- Dynamometer cards and automation
- Design example & optimization
Module 3: Electrical Submersible Pumping
- Applications, Benefit/Limitations, Components
- Well Performance Curve and Design considerations, Example
- Automation
Module 4: Progressing Cavity Pumping, Hydraulic Jet and Piston Pumps, Gas Well Deliquification
- Applications, Benefit/Limitations, Components
- Well Performance Curve and Design considerations, Example
- Gas Well Deliquification Problem
Module 5: Capillary, Plunger Lift, Digital Oil Field
- Capillary and plunger lift solutions for well deliquification
- Digital oil field and production optimization; Real-time downhole and surface measurements; Role of software in visualization, analysis and surveillance
- Artificial lift selection: lift life-cycle and lift changeovers.
- Post-test
- This course is customizable from one to five-days length for a variety of audiences at appropriate skill and knowledge levels. Shorter and concise curriculum is available for project and asset managers interested in expanding their understanding of the effects of artificial lift on the performance of their assets.
- Optionally a workshop component can be incorporated that utilizes client-supplied software and their well data for solving field problems. This option requires three days of consulting work prior to the training.