Long and Slow is the Way to Go Tom J. Van Akkeren, P.E. – Production Technology Associates 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 The industry has had a mantra that operating with long, slow strokes will provide higher efficiency and lower failure frequencies. The presentation will cover concepts of […]
Friction in Sucker Rod Pumping Systems Stay Smooth…Don’t Sacrifice Mark Turland – Western Falcon Energy Services Michael Naguib – Western Falcon Energy Services 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 This presentation focuses on application of thermoplastic lined tubing to reduce downhole friction in sucker rod pumping systems resulting in […]
IRIS: Getting More Out of Your Wells! Dr. Victoria Pons – Baker Hughes 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 In order to maximize efficiency and production of a well, it’s rod lift installation must be optimized through appropriate control despite effects of viscous and mechanical friction. Traditionally, downhole data […]
Two Operating Areas – Challenges & Solutions Rodney Sands – Harbison-Fischer 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Frequent problems with ordinary two-stage hollow valve rod pumps were causing lost production and revenue for Eagle Ford and Delaware Basin operators. Their previous pump configuration left significant areas of improvement and […]
Dog Leg Severity (DLS) & Side Load (SL) Recommendations to Drilling Lynn Rowlan – Echometer Norman W. Hein, Jr. – Oil & Gas Optimization Specialists, Ltd. 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Dog Leg Severity (DLS) had been used for many decades as recommendations to drill oil and gas […]
How to Determine the Location of Downhole Sticking O. Lynn Rowlan – Echometer Carrie Anne Taylor – Echometer Ken Skinner – Echometer 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Mechanical Friction in the well changes the measured rod loading of the surface measured dynamometer card. The mechanical friction acting on […]
New Rebalance Methodology for Conventional Pumping Units Clark Robison – Weatherford 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Traditionally pumping units have been balanced during the initial well design phase using commercially available predictive software packages. Although these tools provide a convenient initial counterweight position recommendation the results many times […]
Dynamic Load Cell Calibration or The Identification of Potentially Miscalibrated Load Cell Offset Walter Phillips – Wansco 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 You should allow the calculated pump cards to float left/right. Free your pump cards’ position! Pump cards shifted on the diagonal “may” indicate improper load readings. […]
Advanced Dynamometer Wave Analysis Walter Phillips – Wansco 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 This talk will discuss a new technique for understanding the complex wave interactions through the rodstring. The technique involves correlating wave travel time to events plotted on the surface dynamometer card to identify causal events […]
Time Domain Analyses Offers New Insights into Artificial Lift Mark Frenzel – MindMesh Raju Gandikota – MindMesh 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Artificial intelligence and machine learning driven multibody dynamics and finite element analysis of rod pumping systems. Stiff string approach to predict behavior of sucker rods with […]