Artificial Lift Systems Management

Artificial Lift Systems Management
Best Practices & Recomendations

By Clemente Marcelo Hirschfeldt
OilProduction Consulting & Training
Outline
Artificial Lift Systems Cycle

Process and Participants
Dynamics of ALS Cycle
Analisys
y and selection (tips)
( p )
Equipment Acquisition (tips)
Data Acquisition and Surveillance (tips)
Wh some new or emerging
Why
i
technologies
t h l i fail?
f il?
(tips)
Conclusion
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Artificial Lift Systems

y
Cycle
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WELL Data
OTHERS
RESERVOIR Data
surveillance
ill
ANALYSIS
OPERATIONAL Data
OPTIMIZATION
SELECTION
& DESIGN
FAILURE
ACQUISITION
WELL INTERVENTION
INSPECTION
/TEST
INSTALL/PULL
OPERATION
Process and Participants

PARTICIPANTS
PROCESS
Analysis
Selection
Acquisition
Installation
/Pulling)
I
Inspection
ti
Operation
Monitoring
OPERATOR
SERVICES
Production Engineering
Production Operations
Field Enegineering
Reservoir
Field operations
Drilling
Sales
Engineering
Supplies
Contracts

Dynamics
Artificial Lift Systems - Dynamics

EOR
WELL Data
OTHERS
RESERVOIR Data
surveillance
ill
ANALYSIS
OPERATIONAL Data
OPTIMIZATION
SELECTION
& DESIGN
FAILURE
ADQUISICION
WELL INTERVENTION
INSPECTION
/TEST
INSTALL/PULL
OPERATION
Dynamics of ALS (Waterflooding example)
10000
Primay
Secundary recovery (waterflooding)
One year
bpd
d
1000
Water
injection
Oil +
water
Oil
100
10
Declination
First stage
Second stage
Increase pump size & depth setting
ESP
Change
g ALS for ESP Increase p
pumping
p g speed
p
& size
SRP
Increase pumping speed, pumping units & pump size

Small pumping unit & pump size

EOR
WELL Data
OTHERS
RESERVOIR Data
ANALYSIS
OPERATIONAL Data
OPTIMIZATION
SELECTION
& DESIGN
FAILURE
ADQUISICION
WELL INTERVENTION
INSPECTION
/TEST
INSTALL/PULL
OPERATION

Analysis Selection &Design
Analysis,
ALS Analisys, Selection & Design

RESERVOIR
IPR
Fluids
Gas
Sand
Corrosion
Oil
Temperature
OTHERS
Location
Well geometry
Diameter
Direcctional
/Horizontal
/Extender reach
Completion
Eco
onomics
TECH
HNICAL
WELL
Flexibility
Reliability
Availability and
type of energy
source
Energy efficiency
Availability of
products and
services
Know-how
Initial Investment
Operating Cost
Cost of services
Salvage value (re-sales)
ALS Analysis, Selection & Design

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?
Production Engineering / Operations
R
Reservoir
i E
Engineering
gi
i g
Drilling
WHAT IS NEEDED?
Current Data (IPR)
Future Data (Production Forecast)
Learn abo
aboutt the market (ser
(service
ice companies
companies, which
hich
offer in the region)
Basic skills
Benchmarking
ALS - Analysis & Selection

BASIC SKILLS
Well performance
Reservoirs and fluids characterisation
Mechanical, Electrical and Fluid dynamics Concepts
Principle of operation and limits of artificial lift
systems

Equipment Acquisition (Tips)
Equipment Acquisition
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?
Supplies and Contracts

Production
P d ti E
Engineering
i
i
Sometimes the equipment is purchased from

th perspective
the
ti
off a contract,
t
t but
b t does
d
nott
suit the reservoir

Data Acquisition and Surveillance (Tips)
Data Acquisition and Surveillance
Investing in acquiring data, means that I will use

them to make decisions.
decisions
The technology is there, but sometimes it is difficult

to justify this investment
This requires knowledge of previous data

operation associated costs
operation,
costs, failure statistics
statistics, etc
etc.
Anyway,
A
with
i h or without
ih
d
data acquiring
i i or
automation, the human factor is the most important.

Inspection process (Tips)
Inspection process and procedures

To have internal (in-house) or external inspection
procedures and p
p
process
Elements traceability (Downhole and surface)
Acceptance criteria and discard
Active participation of the production engineer and

production supervisor
Databases for failure statistics.
Example- In-House Procedures and process
Example- External process

Why some new or emerging technologies fail?
Why some new or emerging technologies fail?
Lack of knowledge of the operator

Lack of knowledge of the service company
Lack of monitoring / surveillance
Total delegation of responsibilities
L k off commitment
Lack
it
t
Lack of documentation of successes and failures.
There are no adequate information to select candidate
wells
Lack of regional infrastructure to provide service
Associated services too expensive
Why new or emerging technologies fail?
Two typical expresions

This system does not work here
este sistema aqu no funciona
It
It was tested and did not work
work
Esto ya lo probamos y no funcion
Conclusions
CONCLUSIONS
The management of the ALS is a dynamic circuit
that requires
q
an interdisciplinary
p
y studyy and work.
It requires commitment and skills of those who
have to select, acquire, evaluate and optimize.
Teamwork between the operator and service
company.
In many of the current fields, the ALS need our
wells today is not the same need tomorrow.
Contact
Clemente Marcelo Hirschfeldt
marcelo@oilproduction.net
www.artificialLIFT.net
tifi i lLIFT t
Patagonia Argentina
www.oilproduction.net
www.consulting.oilproduction.net

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