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Fundamental principles of physics used in artificial lift design

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In the present article, we discuss a couple of physical quantities used in artificial lift design such as the concept of stress, pressure, work, power, energy, machine, and efficiency.

Stress is defined as force divided by area. So that, to reduce the stress you can either reduce the force or increase the cross sectional area it acts on.

Stress = Force / Area

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All what you need to know about sucker rod pumping system

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All what you need to know about sucker rod pumping system:

This article will give you a summary of all what you need to know about sucker rod pumping system:

  • Calculate the expected production rate,
  • Understand downhole pump operation,
  • Understand the concept of Fluid Load (Fo) and Pump Intake & Discharge Pressures (PIP/PDP),
  • How to avoid Gas Interference and how to design a downhole gas separator?
  • The concept of dynamometer cards and how to interpret pump card shapes?
  • Understand the causes of incomplete pump fillage,
  • SRP equipment – design considerations,
  • SRP Optimization (during design phase, while pulling the well and during operations & monitoring),
  • Fluid level & Dyno surveys,
  • Concepts of Gas interference (or “Gas Pound”) & Fluid Pound,
  • Rod, Tubing and Casing Specifications,
  • API Nomenclature of Pumping Unit and Pump.

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