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Rod Pumping Overview

Rod Pumping Overview. Artificial lift is required when a well will not flow or won’t produce at a satisfactory rate Rod pumping is one of several forms of artificial lift. Rod Pumping Overview. Most popular method of artificial lift in the United States Relatively low cost

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Rod Pumping Overview

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  1. Rod Pumping Overview • Artificial lift is required when a well will not flow or won’t produce at a satisfactory rate • Rod pumping is one of several forms of artificial lift

  2. Rod Pumping Overview • Most popular method of artificial lift in the United States • Relatively low cost • Capable of a wide range of operation • High volumes at shallow depths • Limited rates to 12,000+ feet • Familiar system • Good support infrastructure

  3. Rod Pumping Overview • Most understood method of lift • Design has been standardized • API Standards and RP’s • Commercial computer programs available • Advanced surveillance techniques • Significant advancement in reducing failures • Alliances with suppliers • RCFA implementation

  4. Rod Pumping Overview • Operating challenges • High stress • Gear box, beam and rods (cyclic) • Corrosion • Erosion • Sand • Gas • CO2 • H2S • High temperatures • Wellbore deviation

  5. Rod Pumping Overview • Opportunities for improvement • Wide variance in how technology is implemented • New technology not readily or widely accepted • Many producing companies consider artificial lift a commodity with little upside potential for savings

  6. Rod Pumping Overview • Opportunities for improvement (cont.) • Number of technical staff focused on AL in operating companies is shrinking • Alliance suppliers will have influence on implementing new technology

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