Improper pump filling detected with dxi-30
The traditional methods employed and widely accepted by the oil industry to artificially lift fluid require the use of beam pumping systems with lift capacities much greater than reservoir yield capacity. Pumping unit, gearbox, and rod string failures related to fluid pounding were accepted as a price that had to be paid to produce fluid, but times have changed. The increasing cost of oil production, spurred upward by higher power source cost, maintenance cost and inflation, necessitates optimum operating efficiency of sucker rod pumping systems. Recent innovations in electronic hardware and technology have led to the design and manufacture of monitoring and controlling equipment that may be permanently mounted on electric motor-driven beam pumping units. The scope and flexibility of these units is such that wells may be continuously analyzed and controlled. Resulting cost savings have been substantial. The internal circuitry of such a system is designed for interfacing with preexisting and/or optional accessory data acquisition equipment so that the user may (1) obtain a fully calibrated dynamometer card; (2) utilize the dynamometer card for instantaneous analysis and control of pumping-off conditions; and (3) record data on a memory card for future use via computer interface.
- OSTI ID:
- 5426699
- Journal Information:
- Drill Bit; (United States), Vol. 32:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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