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    What Is Artificial Lift - Wikipedia

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    Artificial lift refers to using mechanical means to increase the flow of liquids like oil or water from production wells. This is needed when reservoir pressure is insufficient to lift the produced fluids naturally to the surface. There are several artificial lift technologies including hydraulic pumping systems, electric submersible pumps, gas lift, plunger lift, and rod pumps. Reservoir pressure decreases over time as the reservoir depletes, so artificial lift is required for most wells to continue and increase production beyond what is possible through natural flow alone.

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    Artificial lift refers to using mechanical means to increase the flow of liquids like oil or water from production wells. This is needed when reservoir pressure is insufficient to lift the produced fluids naturally to the surface. There are several artificial lift technologies including hydraulic pumping systems, electric submersible pumps, gas lift, plunger lift, and rod pumps. Reservoir pressure decreases over time as the reservoir depletes, so artificial lift is required for most wells to continue and increase production beyond what is possible through natural flow alone.

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    Artificial lift refers to using mechanical means to increase the flow of liquids like oil or water from production wells. This is needed when reservoir pressure is insufficient to lift the produced fluids naturally to the surface. There are several artificial lift technologies including hydraulic pumping systems, electric submersible pumps, gas lift, plunger lift, and rod pumps. Reservoir pressure decreases over time as the reservoir depletes, so artificial lift is required for most wells to continue and increase production beyond what is possible through natural flow alone.

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    Artificial lift refers to using mechanical means to increase the flow of liquids like oil or water from production wells. This is needed when reservoir pressure is insufficient to lift the produced fluids naturally to the surface. There are several artificial lift technologies including hydraulic pumping systems, electric submersible pumps, gas lift, plunger lift, and rod pumps. Reservoir pressure decreases over time as the reservoir depletes, so artificial lift is required for most wells to continue and increase production beyond what is possible through natural flow alone.

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    Artificial lift
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    Artificial lift refers to the use of artificial means to increase the flow of liquids, such as crude oil or
    water, from a production well. Generally this is achieved by the use of a mechanical device inside the
    well (pump or velocity string) or by decreasing the weight of the hydrostatic column by injecting gas
    into the liquid some distance down the well. Artificial lift is needed in wells when there is insufficient
    pressure in the reservoir to lift the produced fluids to the surface, but often used in naturally flowing
    wells (which do not technically need it) to increase the flow rate above what would flow naturally. The
    produced fluid can be oil and/or water, typically with some amount of gas included.

    Contents
    ■ 1 Why use Artificial Lift
    ■ 2 Artificial Lift Technologies
    ■ 2.1 Hydraulic Pumping Systems
    ■ 2.2 ESP
    ■ 2.3 Gas Lift
    ■ 2.4 PCP
    ■ 2.5 Rod Pumps
    ■ 2.5.1 Components
    ■ 3 References

    Why use Artificial Lift


    Any liquid-producing reservoir will have a 'reservoir pressure': some level of energy or potential that
    will force fluid (liquid and/or gas) to areas of lower energy or potential. You can think of this much like
    the water pressure in your municipal water system. As soon as the pressure inside a production well is
    decreased below the reservoir pressure, the reservoir will act to fill the well back up, just like opening a
    valve on your water system. Depending on the depth of the reservoir (deeper results in higher pressure
    requirement) and density of the fluid (heavier mixture results in higher requirement), the reservoir may
    or may not have enough potential to push the fluid to the surface. Most oil production reservoirs have
    sufficient potential to produce oil and gas - which are light - naturally in the early phases of production.
    Eventually, as water - which is heavier than oil and much heavier than gas - encroaches into production
    and reservoir pressure decreases as the reservoir depletes, all wells will stop flowing naturally. At some
    point, most well operators will implement an artificial lift plan to continue and/or to increase production.
    Most water production wells, by contrast, will need artificial lift from the very beginning of production
    because they do not benefit from the lighter density of oil and gas.

    Artificial Lift Technologies

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Artificial_lift&printable=yes 8/3/2009

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