One of the benefits of utilizing a Sucker Rod Pump for artificially lifted oil and gas wells is that they can achieve total drawdown of the casing fluid above the downhole pump. This allows for the pump to maximize the production of the well by minimizing the back pressure on the reservoir caused by the fluid level in the casing anulus. However, in some cases the original design of the sucker rod pump system may not be able to achieve the capacity required to drawdown the entire fluid level in the casing anulus. In order to increase production operators are tasked with identifying these wells and prioritizing them based on their opportunity for increased production and then perform the necessary operational changes to ensure the wells are producing more optimally. Previously this process was done entirely manually and could take several hours per well. Previous methods required inferences which resulted in imprecise estimations on maximum gross production available.

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Categories: Reciprocating Rod Pump (RRP)
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Author: Ian Nickell - ChampionX, Justin Spore - ChampionX, Rickey Sullivan - ChampionX
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