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Artificial Lift
Artificial Lift
Artificial Lift
Artificial Lift
Artificial Lift
Why do we install artificial lift? The primary purpose of installing an artificial lift system is to maintain a reduced bottom hole pressure (drawdown) to enable the desired reservoir fluids to be produced at an acceptable rate
Maintaining the required (optimal) flowing bottom hole pressure is the design basis for all artificial lift installations. If the appropriate drawdown can be maintained the future management of the reservoir and completion can be conducted efficiently
Artificial Lift
Relative frequency of different types of artificial-lift methods installed in the USA in 1992 (data from J.Clegg, S.Buchan and N.Heln, JPT, December 1993, p1128)
Production from artificial lift wells for a major international oil company
Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Distance from the wellhead to the processing facilities Power source natural gas, mains electricity, diesel generator
Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Maintenance costs will vary between operating location depending on the state of the local, service company infrastructure The number of wells in the field with that particular form of artificial lift will influence the operating cost
Artificial Lift
Artificial Lift