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ARTIFICIAL LIFT: DESIGN & FAILURE ANALYSIS

Location

London, UK

Date

From Date: 19-Feb-2024
To Date: 23-Feb-2024

Duration

5 Days

Language

English

Discipline

Drilling & Reservoir Training

Introduction

Discussion on entire gamut of various artificial lift techniques deployed in onshore as well as offshore oil fields for optimum exploitation of hydrocarbons. Each mode of lift would be discussed in detail about its designing criteria, selection, equipment description, techniques for the installation, their operations and trouble shooting.

Objective

The participants would be made adequately aware of the technology inherent in each mode of artificial lift and they would be made fully conversant with their operational details. The working executives would be encouraged to get those doubts clarified during the course period. Adequate value would be added to each participant and their performance would enhance when they go their jobs in oil fields.

Audience

The course has been designed in such a way that participants either working in the oil field or new entrants would get adequate benefits. Executives already on the job would refresh their memory and add new technology to their knowledge. It is therefore suggested that every oil field worker / Executive having basic knowledge of oil industries derive immense knowledge and confidence after attending the course. This would enable the freshers to work with these units in the fields with total confidence.

Content

Day 1:

Introduction to Oil and Gas industry

1. Overall scenario of oil & gas industries, Part – 1 & Part- 2.
2. Nodal analysis

Part – 2:

Inflow performance relationship (IPR)
Multiphase flow
Fluid flows through rocks.
Darcy’s equation
Petrophysical properties of rocks.
Productivity index - PI
Pressure stabilization
Pressure drawdown.
Evolution of IPR curve.
IPR curves for different reservoir drives.
Change of PI with Cumulative recovery
Vogel’s work of a reference curve
Standing extension of Vogel’s method
Petkovic’s method for calculating IPR
Stratified formations
Conducting inflow performance test.
Flow efficiency & Skin effect
Bean performance
Tubing intake curves
Integrating the IPR, TIC & Bean performance
Ros’s formula

Aching’s correlation
Conclusion & recommendations

Day: 2 Part – 1:

Introduction to Artificial lift – Why Artificial lift?
Different modes of Artificial lift
Selection criteria for different modes of artificial lifts.
What is a gas lift?
Types of Gas lift
Understanding gas lift
Design criteria of gas lift
Operating design of continuous gas lift.

Part – 2

Operating design of intermittent gas lift
Operating design of plunger lift
Operating design of microbic tubing with chamber lift
Equipment selection
Installation of Gas lift
Two pen recording
Trouble shooting
Maintenance of gas lift installation

Day – 3:

Sucker rod pumps (SRP), (PCP)and ESP

1- Introduction to Sucker rod pumps (SRP)
Surface equipment
Prime movers Electric motor
Internal combustion engines
Devices to protect oil field motors.
Gear reducer
Pumping unit
Conventional crank balance units Beam – Balance units.
Air Balance units.
Pumping units API designations.
Sub Surface equipment
Sucker rods Steel sucker rods
Fiber glass sucker rods

Continuous sucker rods
Sub surface pumps Tubing pumps Rod pumps Working barrel Standing valve Traveling valves Plungers.
API pump classification
Standard designation for a complete pump
Pump displacement requirements
Stroke efficiency
An actual example for class work
Pump sizing
Plunger sizing
Stroke length
Pump speed
Rod string design
Materials
Rod stress calculations
Tapered rod strings
Rod loads during pumping
API system design procedure
Dimension less variables
Design example
Plunger stroke correlations
Peak polished rod load correlations
Minimum Polished rod load correlations
Selection of counterweights
Peak torque correlations
Polished rod horsepower correlations
Rod stress correlations
Video film Artificial lift CD/-DVD

Day: 4

Part – 1:

Polished rod dynamometer

Mechanical dynamometer
Hydraulic dynamometer
Electronic dynamometer
Dynamometer card interpretation

Rod load versus displacement
Un anchored tubing
Anchored tubing
Testing the standing valve
Testing the travelling valve
Measuring the counterbalance effect

System monitoring: Diagraph Synthetic diagraph:

Part – 2:

An overview of progressive cavity pump (PCP)
- Selection criteria
- Pump Component
- Design of the pump (PCP)
- Operational procedures
- Maintenance care
- Trouble shooting

Day: 5

Part- 1:

Electrical submersible pump (ESP)
- Introductions
- Selection criteria
- Pump component
- Design of the pump
- Operational details
- Factors affecting smooth operations.
- Troubleshooting

Part- 2:

Hydraulic Jet Pump:

- Introductions
- Selection criteria
- Design of the pump
- Applicability
- Operational details
- Factors affecting operations.
- Trouble shooting

Part – 3:

- Group Discussion
- Case History

NOTE:

Pre & Post Tests will be conducted.

Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Review & Assessments will be carried out.

Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivate everybody to find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences. Tests of multiple-choice type will be made available on a daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course. Very useful Course Materials will be given.

30% Lectures
30% Workshops and work presentation
20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
20% Videos& General Discussions

Course Details