Simulation of thermal-well sucker-rod pumping

Journal Article · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Production Engineering; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2118/19714-PA· OSTI ID:5246752

Wong, A ^[1]; Sudol, T A ^[2]

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1. Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (CA)
2. Alberta Research Council (CA)

A major problem experienced in pumping thermal wells is low volumetric efficiencies resulting from steam and noncondensable gas interference. This paper examines the results of physical simulations performed on a full-scale sucker-rod pump test facility and numerical simulations that used an equation of state (EOS) to predict theoretical volumetric pump efficiencies.

• OSTI ID: 5246752
• Journal Information: SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Production Engineering; (United States), Vol. 7:2; ISSN 0885-9221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
02 PETROLEUM
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
PUMPING
OIL WELLS
THERMAL RECOVERY
EQUATIONS OF STATE
STEAM
TEST FACILITIES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
EQUATIONS
WELLS
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