Artificial lift
By closely monitoring its subsea boosting system, Shell extended maintenance intervals and safely postponed pump replacement at its ultradeepwater Stones field.
The use of real-time wireless downhole pressure gauges proved a valuable alternative to workover operations in two onshore fields in Iraq.
In the wake of the falling number of exploratory wells in the country, Brazil-owned Petrobras addressed audience concerns as well as outlined new avenues for production at the Offshore Technology Conference.
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New and evolving artificial lift technology is helping operators improve production rates. -
This paper presents a multidisciplinary view of the evolution of a development project for the central area of Sururu and the method applied to address challenges and propose solutions.
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Industry experts advocate for collaboration to develop and test technology that can reduce emissions without breaking the bank.
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The industry is balancing brains and bots as it squeezes out barrels of oil production.
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Machine learning is refining gas lift production optimization with scalable automated workflow.
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This paper discusses a new type of mechanical gas separator for electrical submersible pump systems that increases operating flow range and separation efficiency while decreasing erosion problems and improving reliability.
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This paper presents an approach using artificial neural networks to predict the discharge pressure of electrical submersible pumps.
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This paper aims to analyze the relevance of wind and solar energy for the supply of artificial lift systems on offshore platforms in the Brazilian equatorial region.
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The papers described here focus on novel unconventional horizontal downhole pump card signatures, carbon reduction through alternative energy to pump wells, and predicting downhole-discharge pressure of ESPs.
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Longtime leaders in artificial lift discuss and share their insights on the rapidly evolving segment’s past, present, and future.
