Hydraulic jet pumping in a remote location

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · World Oil; (United States)

OSTI ID:6961931

Tjondrodiputro, B; Gaul, R B; Gower, G H

Hydraulic jet pumping equipment was installed in six Sembakung field (N.E. Kalimantan) wells by Atlantic Richfield Indonesia Inc., for Pertamina during 1983, and this article presents the experience acquired in the process of installing and operating this type of artificial-lift equipment in a remote location. Characteristics of the wells and equipment are reviewed, and possible future installations in similar circumstances are discussed. Sembakung oil field, discovered in late 1975, contained 17 wells after complete development. By 1983, some were flowing weakly and several zones were dead, indicating the need for some form of artificial lift. The choice of artificial lift methods was limited by the lack of gas-lift gas, absence of a field-wide power distribution system, unavailability of a rod pumping well servicing unit, and lack of roads in the marshy environment. Thus, hydraulic (free-type) jet pumping was selected as the optimum technique. Jet pumps were installed in six of 17 wells in the field at the end of 1983. Downhole equipment was installed using a heli-rig, and all surface equipment was delivered to location using helicopters. Since startup, some operating problems occurred, but they have all been resolved. Well pumping rates range from 340 to 650 bpd gross, with 0 to 50% BSandW. The jet-pumped wells produced satisfactorily through July 1984, at which time operations were turned over to Pertamina Unit IV at the conclusion of the contractual term.

• Research Organization: Atlantic Richfield Indonesia Inc., Jakarta
• OSTI ID: 6961931
• Journal Information: World Oil; (United States), Vol. 203:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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