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    Advanced Artificial Lift Methods - PE 571: Prepared by Dr. Nguyen

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    This document discusses advanced artificial lift methods and reviews concepts like pressure drop in production systems, single phase liquid inflow performance relationships (IPR) and outflow performance relationships (OPR), Darcy's law applications to IPR, Vogel and Fetkovich IPR models, comparisons of IPR and OPR, stability analyses including conditions for stable and unstable flow, and tubing and casing heading effects on well performance. It provides information on evaluating well productivity and designing artificial lift systems.

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    This document discusses advanced artificial lift methods and reviews concepts like pressure drop in production systems, single phase liquid inflow performance relationships (IPR) and outflow performance relationships (OPR), Darcy's law applications to IPR, Vogel and Fetkovich IPR models, comparisons of IPR and OPR, stability analyses including conditions for stable and unstable flow, and tubing and casing heading effects on well performance. It provides information on evaluating well productivity and designing artificial lift systems.

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    Advanced Artificial Lift Methods

    Advanced Artificial Lift Methods PE 571

    Introduction

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    Pressure Drop in a Production System

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    Single Phase Liquid IPR and OPR

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    Single Phase Liquid IPR and OPR

    The flowrate value at which a specific well flows for a set of operational

    conditions using only the energy stored in the compressed reservoir fluids is

    called natural equilibrium flowrate

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    Single Phase Liquid IPR and OPR

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    Single Phase Liquid IPR and OPR

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    Single Phase Liquid IPR and OPR

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    Single Phase Liquid IPR and OPR

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    Darcys Law - IPR

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    Darcys Law - IPR

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    IPR Vogel and Fetkovich

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    IPR Vogel and Fetkovich

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    Future IPR

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    OPR

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    OPR

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    OPR

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    IPR vs. OPR

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    Stability
    Stable equilibrium: small disturbance around the equilibrium point, the system

    will move back to the equilibrium condition.

    Unstable equilibrium: If the disturbance is large enough, the system will move

    towards another equilibrium point or loose the equilibrium permanently

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    Stability

    Fluctuations on the Pwh,

    qsystem < qsteady state

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    Stability

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    Stability

    Several techniques might be used when the system reaches to the unstable

    point such as:

    If the well has an artificial lift installed it can be put into production to help

    the well overcome the unstable point. After that if the artificial lift is not

    required we can leave the well under natural flow.

    If the well does not have an artificial lift installed, we can do several things:

    Agitation, swab, gas injection, nitrogen injection

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    Stability Tubing Heading

    High reservoir pressure

    Small PI

    Big tubing string

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    Stability Tubing Heading

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    Stability Tubing Heading

    If the fluctuations are small then the well will produce a steady state flowrate.

    If the fluctuations are large, the production in this well will cycle with time. This is
    called the tubing heading.

    Tubing heading is characterized by pulsating well head pressure (EX: caused by


    slug flow) and constant casing pressure. It occurs mostly in wells fitted with a
    packer during the final stage of life. During this period, liquid is lifted through a
    portion of the tubing and then falls back resulting a cycle flow.

    Under these conditions, the production test data from this well are very difficult to
    match the IPR and OPR simulations.

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    Stability Tubing Heading
    Very high PI

    Big tubing string

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    Stability

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    Stability Casing Heading

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