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ARTIFICIAL LIFT METHODS

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hydraulic piston pumps labyrinth seals, 50
about, 4, 110, 118−119 leasing, 12
engine-type section, 118, 122 lift rating, 68
fluid supply plant of, 121 lift systems, categories of, 12
origin of, 109 lift system selection
pressure capacity, 119 decision factors, 8−12
self-contained surface unit of, 120 eliminating technologies, 5
sensitivity to scale, 118−119 identifying technologies, 4−5
typical applications, 7 target production conditions, 4−5, 12
hydraulic pumping units, 32, 42 technology comparison, 6−7
hydraulic pumps, 10, 111, 115, 122 lift system types
hydrocarbon foams, 105 electric submersible pump (ESPs), 2
hydrostatic pressure (HP), 3−4, 76, 78 gas lift, 2−3
hydraulic lift, 4
impellers, 46, 48 plunger lift, 3
incremental pressure capacity, 68 progressing cavity pumps (PC pumps or
inflow performance relationship (IPR), 9 PCPs), 2
inflow rates, 123 reciprocating rod lift, 2
injection cycle frequency, 86−87 velocity strings and foam lift, 3
injection period (duration), 87−89 line losses, 52
injection points, 78 liquid loading, 95, 99, 101
injection pressure, 76, 78, 80−82, 87−88, 90 long-stroke pumping units, 30−31, 42
insert pumps, reciprocating rod lift, 19−21, 42 low-profile pumping units, 32, 42
insert pumps, progressing cavity pumps (PC low-volume applications, 91, 100
pumps or PCPs), 64
insert-style pumps, 111 mandrels, 3, 22, 54, 115. See also gas-lift mandrels.
integrated functionality, 130 McGowen, Harold, 74
interference, progressing cavity pumps (PC Modified Goodman Diagram, 41
pumps or PCPs), 67 Moineau, René, 57
intermittent gas lift Moore, Howard, 74
about, 2−3, 85 multistage centrifugal pump, 2, 46, 56
closed configuration, 87
operating principles, 86 natural flow, 76−77
system components, 86 natural gas, 74
system design, 86−89 no-turn tools, 66
typical applications, 6, 85
internal capillary-injection string, 107 offshore wells
electric submersible progressing cavity
jet pumps. See hydraulic jet pumps. pumps (ESPCPs), 62, 71
electric submersible pumps (ESPs), 10,
King valve, 74 43−44, 56

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