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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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