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. […]
Bubble Breaker Erik Schrama – Shell Richard Fernandez – Shell 2012 ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA Feb. 6-10 Production enhancement in gas lifted or naturally producing wells with associated gas by dispersing bubbles more evenly in the flow stream to improve the hydrostatic gradient.
High Reliability Gas Lift Flow Control Devices Increase Well Safety and Reduce Well Intervention Frequency Jun Xu – Shell Oil Company Jim Hall – Shell Oil Company William Franke – Shell Oil Company Guillermo Pastor – Shell Oil Company Nora Ghobrial – Shell Oil Company Tommy Hunt – JMI MFG., INC Ashby Breaux – JMI […]
Update on API and ISO Gas-Lift Standards and Recommended Practices Jim Hall, Shell International EP Wayne Mabry, Schlumberger Cleon Dunham, Oilfield Automation Consulting 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the International Standards Organization (ISO) are developing standards and recommended practices for the gas-lift industry. […]
Draft of New Regulations for Casing Pressure Russell Hoshman – Materials Management Service (MMS) 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Discussion of proposed changes to MMS regulations for casing pressure monitoring frequency, diagnostic testing, departure requests, and recordkeeping.
Gas Lift Optimization and Surveillance Using Dedicated Resources Cliff Corbell – ExxonMobil US Production Artificial Lift Engineer 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Gas lift surveillance and optimization explained with two case examples. What is true surveillance and optimization? How are they tied together? What are the real benefits? How […]
Gas Lifting on Tension Leg Platforms (TLPs) Nora Ghobrial – Shell International 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Shell is pursuing gas lift projects on most of its TLP’s in the Gulf of Mexico with Ram/Powell to be the 1st TLP to gas lift in Dec 2005. This presentation describes […]
The Use of Subsea Gas-Lift in Deepwater Applications Subash Jayawardena – Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. George Zabaras – Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. Leonid Dykhno – Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. 2008 ALRDC ASME/ISO Gas Lift Workshop Houston, TX, USA February 4-8 Subsea gas lift delivery system design, operating envelope, flow assurance concerns, case […]