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    3. RILS- Sucker Rod Pumps - Application Engineering

    RILS- Sucker Rod Pumps - Application Engineering

    • Skill
    • 5 Days
    • Remote Instructor Led SeriesRemote Instructor Led Series

    The Sucker Rod Pumping System (SRP) is considered the most popular artificial lift method worldwide. Its applications cover very low downhole pressure wells, slim holes, multiple completions, high temperature and viscous oil. The SRP companies have improved the operation of the whole system including pump-off controllers, better gas separation, gas and solids handling pumps and optimization using surface and bottom-hole cards. Because its wide operation range and adaptability of the system to others wells with minimum cost becomes an economically attractive solution for oilfield development.
    This course will allow the attendant to acquire a solid knowledge of SRP and its applications. It covers detailed description and function of each component of SRP. Basis of reservoir inflow performance, artificial lift systems comparison, standard and special application, system components, design, diagnosis, troubleshooting and optimization are described and discussed. A set of practical examples and problems are solved in class. 
    Course Objectives: Provide theoretical and practical knowledge of the advantages and limitations of the Sucker Rod Pumps with the purpose of develop the required skills to design, optimize and diagnose wells producing with this artificial lift method. The course is given via virtual training (Remote Instructor Led Series - RILS) Approximately 4 Hrs/day.
    • Oil production introduction, basic definitions and concepts. Role of Artificial Lift Systems in the oil industry.
    • Artificial Lift Systems Overview: Gas Lift, Progressive Cavity Pumps, Electric Submersible Pumps, Hydraulic Pumping Systems main characteristics, applications, advantages and disadvantages.
    • Well Inflow Performance. High water cut / low GOR wells (PI) and High GOR wells (Vogel).
    • Artificial Lift selection considering main factors for deciding the method to use according to the well/field characteristics.
    • Class Exercise.

    • Advantages and limitations of the Sucker Rod Pump method. Explain the advantages to produce heavy oil, steam injected wells, maximum drawdown, interchangeable worldwide, etc. Limitations regarding depth and oil viscosity.
    • Description and function of surface equipment: prime mover, gearbox, pumping unit, polished rod and wellhead/stuffing box. Selection of components.
    • Description and function of subsurface equipment: rod string, types of downhole pump, gas separators, tubing anchor. Selection of components.
    • Class exercises.

    • Calculation and sizing using recommended practices API RP 11L method.
    • Description and analysis of the rod string behavior.
    • Calculation of torque, counterbalance, power and prime mover sizing.
    • Class exercises.


    • Comprehensive design and selection of subsurface and surface components for a whole system considering operating envelope and several real scenarios.
    • Comparison of design methods using spreadsheets and free website software.
    • Analysis of sucker rods pumping installation using well production tests, fluid level and dynamometric cards
    • Principles of well testing and dynamometry to troubleshoot a sucker rod pumping installation.
    • Class exercises.

    • Comprehensive discussion and analysis of dynamometer cards.
    • Description of Pump-off controllers, automation and remote data transmission.
    • Optimization of sucker rod pumping systems using dynamometer cards, production data, fluid levels and any other relevant field information.
    • Class exercises.

    Production Engineers, technologists, people involved in Production Optimization. Specifically people who want to gain more knowledge about Sucked Rod Pumping.

    - Introduction to Artificial Lift Systems

    - Well inflow performance

    - Description of Sucker Rod Pump Systems (SRP) Subsurface and Surface

    - Function of SRP systems

    - Calculations and sizing of SRP as per API RP 11L

    - Design and selection of SRP  (Subsurface & Surface)

    - Analysis of SRP installations (methodology and devices)

    - Devices to optimize SRP systems

    - Data transmission from SRP systems

    - Class exercises  




    Participants should be familiar with basic Production Engineering, have some field experience in Production and basic knowledge of artificial lift systems. Basic understanding of well completions and operations.

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