Artificial lift
Leaders of SPE’s Artificial Lift Technical Section outline the group’s mission, recent technical highlights, and a growing slate of global events shaping the future of artificial lift.
This paper presents a robust workflow to identify optimization opportunities in gas lift wells through real-time data analysis and a surveillance-by-exception methodology.
To overcome operational constraints tied to ball-and-seat valves, an operator tested a spring-loaded alternative downhole.
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New and evolving artificial lift technology is helping operators improve production rates. -
Summer blockbuster season has passed, but it’s always nice to grab a bucket of popcorn and escape reality with a movie. Some movies even teach lessons—as in, sometimes it takes hard work and incremental improvements to advance.
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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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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.
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The world of artificial lift has witnessed a remarkable revolution over the past 25 years, with many of the events and technology trends recorded in the Journal of Petroleum Technology.
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There will always be a need for good artificial lift engineers. So, what should the next generation of its professionals be trying to pursue?
