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Production Optimization and Artificial Lift System
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Production Optimization and Artificial Lift System Course
Introduction:
The Artificial Lift training program has been designed to provide a combination of technical and software classes for Production Engineers in order to enhance the knowledge using a consistent interconnected learning experience combining, theory, practice (using physical simulators and appropriate software. NODAL systems analysis use is stressed for lifting performance optimization of oil and gas wells.
Course Objectives:
Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:-
- Apply and gain in-depth knowledge on the inflow & outflow performance and the system analysis in subsurface production operations
- Apply the latest methodology on artificial lift selection to lower the producing bottomhole pressure (BHP) on the formation to obtain higher production from the well
- Artificial lift methods, concepts of operation and equipment
- Selection criteria to ensure the most appropriate artificial lift method is chosen
- How to perform design procedures for artificial lift wells
- How to recognize the correct data required for well analysis
- Diagnosing and troubleshooting artificial lift well performance
- Optimizing the artificial lift system for production and long term reliability
- Describe artificial lift selection and the operation of gas lift installation
- Define what is an electrical submersible pump (ESP) and have an understanding of ESP system components and accessories, operation, ESP system selection and performance calculations, installation and handling and maintenance and troubleshooting
- Explain hydraulic pumping in oil wells including its operation, accessories & surface types of equipment
- Possess the skills needed to select and design an artificial lift system, plan its operation, monitor, analyze and optimize its performance.
- Be able to manage and control the production of artificial lift wells and fields
- Be able to study and compare the cost of artificial lift systems.
- Real-Time data gathering and interpretation
- The first objective of this course is to introduce the concept of NODAL analysis as a tool in production optimization and hence enhancement. Each learner will be exposed to the analysis of various components of the producing system and their effect on the performance of the total production system.
Who Should Attend?
The course is designed for, but not limited to those involved in the production optimization and Artificial Lift System design:
- Petroleum engineering or field staff involved in the selection, design, operation or troubleshooting of artificial lift systems (beam pumps, PCPs, plunger lift, jet pumps, ESPs and gas lift) for standard or unconventional reservoir applications
- Production Technologists
- Production Engineers
- Operations Engineers
- Field Technicians
- Reservoir Engineers
Course Outlines:
- Basics in reservoir and production engineering
- Overview of nodal analysis of well production system
- Well and reservoir flow coupling
- Well inflow performance
- Darcy’s Law
- Radial Flow Theory for Incompressible Fluids
- Steady State-Radial Flow of an Incompressible Fluid
- Semi Steady State Radial Flow of a Slightly Compressible Fluid.
- Radial Flow Theory for Compressible Fluids
- Steady State Radial Flow for a Gas System
- Multiphase Flow Within The Reservoir
- Non-Darcy Flow
- Productivity Index
- PI for Steady-State Incompressible Flow
- PI for Semi-Steady State Incompressible Flow
- Perturbations from Radial Flow Theory for Single-Phase Flow
TUBING PERFORMANCE
- Fundamental Derivation of Pipe Flow Equation
- Principle of Conservation of Energy
- The Friction Factor
- Single Phase Flow Characteristics
- Dry Gas Flow
- Single Phase Liquid Flow – Oil or Water
- Multiphase Flow Concepts in Vertical and Inclined Wells
- Flow Characteristics in Vertical Wells
- Multiphase Flow Characteristics in Inclined Wells
- Fluid Parameters in Multiphase Flow
- Single Phase Flow Performance Predictions
- Single Phase Liquid Flow
- Multiphase Flow Models
- Correlations which consider neither Slippage nor Flow Regimes
- Correlations which include Phase Slippage but not Flow Patterns
- Correlations which consider both Slippage and Flow Regime
- Correlation for Inclined Wells
- Use of Vertical Well Pressure Loss Correlations
- Inclined Flow Correlations
- Gradient Curves
- Optimization of Tubing Flow
- Effects of GLR
- Effects of Tubing Size
- The Effects of Water-Oil Ratio
- FLOWLINE CHOKES
- Functions of Flowline Chokes
- Choke Equipment
- Positive or Fixed Choke
- Valve Seat with Adjustable Valve Stem
- Rotating Disc Choke
- Choke Flow Characteristics
- Flow Behavior and Distribution
- Critical Flow-through Chokes
- Choke Flow Correlations
- Single-Phase Flow
- Multiphase Flow through Choke
- COMPLETION FLOW PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMISATION
- Matching the Inflow and Tubing Performance
Artificial lift methods
- Introduction and selection criteria
- The need for artificial lift
- Review of artificial lift techniques
- Current status of the role of Artificial lift in field development
- Artificial list selection,
