Basic Steps to Shoot a Liquid Level using TWM

Before detailing the basic steps to shoot a liquid level, this article will present few benefits of the operation. Fluid Level measurements can provide invaluable information to assist anyone that has an interest in both understanding and evaluating well, or reservoir, performance.

When combined with a surface pressure measurement, the fluid depth in a wellbore can be used to calculate the pressure at the sandface, for either a producing or shut-in well status.

Sandface pressure determination is paramount to help evaluate reservoir characteristics and pressure depletion, as well as determining the producing performance of a well.

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All what you need to know about sucker rod pumping system

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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