Rig Worms

Artificial lift design for Forty Niner Ridge horizontal wells

Principal Investigators: Rafael Ortega, Ziyan Li, Stacy Sandoval, Alyssa

Padilla

I. Reservoir Characteristics (3 weeks)

1. Data types
IPR, production rate, water cut, GLR, viscosity, formation volume factor, reservoir drive,
solid production, paraffin or scale problems, corrosion, temperature, BHP, bubblepoint,
oil gravity, operating volume

II. Hole Characteristics (1 week)

1. Data types
Well depth, completion type, casing and production tubing size, wellbore deviation,

III. Field Operating Characteristics (1 week)

1. Data types
Location, space, power available, pressure maintenance, field automation, future EOR,
servicing