Sucker Rod Pump

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Muhammad Awais Qureshi
2012-PET-54
 What is Artificial Lift ?
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 Artificial lift is a technique used to bring oil from the
reservoir to the surface because of decreasing
reservoir pressure.
 Generally this is achieved by the use of a mechanical
device inside the well (known as pump or velocity
string) or by decreasing the weight of the hydrostatic
column by injecting gas into the liquid some distance
down the well.
 Methods of Artificial Lift
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 There are currently four common methods of
artificial lift:
 Beam pumping / Sucker Rod Pump
 Submersible pumping
 Gas lift
 Hydraulic pumping
Selection Of Artificial Lift
Method
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The choice of artificial method will be based on
 well parameters,
 operating conditions
 location,
 depth,
 estimated production,
 reservoir properties,
 and other factors (depth/rate system capabilities etc.)
& of course, cost and availability.
 Sucker Rod Pump for
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 for new, lower volume stripper wells
(proves to be cost effective)
 Because of Operating personnel Familiarity with the
mechanical Parts
 Limitations for Sucker
Rod Pump
This method is limited by:
 Size of the casing, tubing, and down hole pump
 Strength and size of the various rods
 Speed with which they can be reciprocated
 Sucker Rod Pump/Beam
Pumping
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 An artificial-lift pumping system
using a surface power source
to drive a down hole pump
assembly. A beam and crank
assembly creates reciprocating
motion in a sucker-rod string
that connects to the down
hole pump assembly. The
pump contains a plunger
and valve assembly to
Convert the reciprocating
Motion to vertical fluid
movement.
 Parts Of Rod
Pumping 
System
 Prime Mover
 Gear Reducer
 Pumping Unit
 Sucker Rods
 Subsurface Pump
 Prime Mover
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 The prime mover, which may be either an internal-
combustion engine or an electric motor, provides
power to the pumping unit.
 The choice of prime mover for a particular well
depends on the field conditions and type of fuel
available.
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
• Slow speed or high speed
• Two cycled or four cycled

ELECTRIC MOTORS
• Induction electric motors are also used to
drive pumping units. Horsepower ratings
range from 1 to 200.
• most often three-phase motors.
 Gear Reducer
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High speed and Low torque

Low speed and High torque

Double reduction gear reducer

 Pumping Unit
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rotational motion

reciprocating vertical motion

 Driving Force of Pumping
Unit
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 crankshaft on the gear reducer
 Most pumping units employ a counterbalance which
opposes the weight of the sucker rod string.
 Classification of
Pumping Units
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 CLASS I LEVER SYSTEMS
• Conventional Crank-Balanced Units
• Beam-Balanced Units
• Crank Balanced Units with Special Geometry

 CLASS III LEVER SYSTEMS

 MARK II
 CLASS I LEVER
SYSTEMS
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 Conventional Crank-Balanced Units
 CLASS I LEVER
SYSTEMS
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 Beam-Balanced Units
 CLASS I LEVER
SYSTEMS
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 Crank Balanced Units with Special Geometry

 Advantage :
 Change of Torque Factor
 Time interval of strokes
 CLASS III LEVER
SYSTEMS
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 Air Balanced
 Hinge Point
 Mark II Units
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 Cross yoked Location
 PUMPING UNIT API
DESIGNATIONS
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 Pumping units are designated using a 10-character,
alphanumeric code established by the API .
SUBSURFACE EQUIPMENT
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 Sucker rods
 Subsurface pumps
 Sucker rods
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 Solid Sucker rods
 Typically between 25 and 30 feet (7 to 9 meters) in
length
 Types Of Sucker Rods
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 STEEL SUCKER RODS

 FIBERGLASS SUCKER RODS

 CONTINUOUS SUCKER RODS

 Rod Failures
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 in the rod body
(corrosion + exposure to H2S & CO2)

 at the pin
(too much torque applied during making of string)
 Subsurface Pumps
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 The main components of a subsurface
pump are:
 The working barrel, connected to the tubing.
 The plunger, connected to the sucker rods.
 The traveling valve, which is part of the
plunger assembly.
 The standing valve, which is located at the
bottom of the working barrel.
Categories of Subsurface
Pumps 
 Two principal
categories of subsurface pumps
 Tubing Pump
 Rod Pump
 Types Of Rod Pumps
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 Stationary pump
 Traveling barrel pump
Stationary Pump
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Traveling barrel pump
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 The pump is designed to be
inserted inside the tubing of
a well and its main purpose
is to gather fluids from
beneath it and lift them to
the surface.
 The most important
components are: the barrel,
valves (traveling and
standing) and the piston.
 The pump is connected to
the pumping unit at the
surface by a string of sucker
rods.
 Sucker rods are stroked up
and down in the tubing,
activating the pump at the
bottom.
Working of Pump
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Video
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