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 […]
New Rebalance Methodology for Conventional Pumping Units Clark Robison – Weatherford Bryan Paulet – Weatherford Alexander King – Weatherford Milo Woodward – 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 […]
Well Spacing Tool/ Rod Rotator Field Installs with Wireless Load Cell Tracie Reed – Silverstream Energy Solutions Inc. Dr. Douglas Baker – TECAT Grant Shaffer – Flintec 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Development of RotaTap well spacing tool and rod rotator. – Functions as a normal rod rotator […]
Using Sucker Rod Pump Data to Optimize Rod Lift Design David Hernandez – Don-Nan 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Best practices for applying data to improve designs. Includes review of data collection and field and well analysis and how it can all be combined.
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 […]
An Alternative Sucker Rod Technology for Aggressive Applications Daniel Renteria – Weatherford Oscar Martinez – Weatherford 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Development of KDP sucker rods for aggressive applications. Two cases discussed, one in Bakken and one in Permian. Presented cases, KDP Rods outperformed other rods >> Improved […]
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 […]
Large Bore Pump Fluid Velocity Study Ryan Bair – Black Gold Pump & Supply 2019 ALRDC/SWPSC Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Oklahoma City, OK, USA September 9-12 Study of fluid velocities in large bore pumps. Consider complete flow path High fluid velocity DOES affect your entire rod pumping system Eliminate flow restrictions wherever possible Flow restrictions […]
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 […]
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. […]