Erosion Testing of Conventional Gas Lift Check Valves for Unconventional Applications Abstract: Onshore tight oil production has led to a renaissance for conventional gas lift equipment. After years of customer and supplier focus on side pocket mandrels and their associated flow control devices, tubing-deployed conventional mandrels and valves are back in style. But are yesterday’s […]
Horizontal Well Downhole Dynamometer Data Acquisition (HWDDDA) Dr. Victoria Pons – WellWorx Energy Dr. Tony Podio – Consultant Lynn Rowlan – Echometer Company Robert Valadez – Marathon Michael Romer – ExxonMobil Walter Phillips – Wansco Wyatt Tubb – ETA International Clarence Foytik – Micro-Smart Systems 2023 ALRDC International Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Midland, TX, USA […]
Current models for design and analysis of rod pumped wells are based on data from vertical wells. The assumption that these models work is only theoretical. Such models have never been validated with actual measurements from deviated or horizontal wells.