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ARTIFICIAL LIFT METHODS
Petroleum Extension-The University of Texas at Austin
system design of electric submersible pumps (ESPs) horizontal wells, 102
bottom intake systems, 55 operating principles, 103
coiled-tubing deployed systems, 56 system components, 104
shrouded systems, 55 system design, 105−107
typical applications, 7, 102
tensile strength, 34 venturi nozzle, 4, 110, 122
tensile stress, 33 vertical wells
Tier I systems, 124−125, 131 gas lift, 75
Tier II systems, 124−125, 127, 131 reciprocating rod lift, 6
Tier III systems, 124−125, 127, 131 viscosity, 6, 8−9, 11, 24, 46, 66−67, 106, 111,
torque, 2, 29, 46, 61, 66, 69−70, 127 117, 120
torque anchor, 66 viscous fluids, 6, 11, 16, 57, 61, 69, 71
traveling barrel bottom anchor pump, 22 viscous oil, 6, 11, 15, 67
traveling valve, 13−14, 16−19, 21−22, 24, 42 visibility constraints, 11
tubing pumps, 16, 18−20, 42 volumetric rate, 4, 41
tubing wear, 16, 36, 38, 69
tubing-conveyed pumps, 114 water drive reservoirs, 1, 8, 75
turndown ratio, 8, 45
water migration, 5
watercut meter, 126
undertravel, 19
unloading the well sequence, 78 well and flowline factors
inflow performance relationship (IPR), 9
variable speed drives (VSDs), 53, 127−129 well configuration factors, 10
velocity strings and foam lift wellhead control valves, 121
about, 3, 101−102 well-site intelligence, 127
advantages and challenges, 7 wireline, 6−7, 74−75, 81, 111−112, 114−115
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