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Title: Coefficient indicates if rod pump can unload water from gas well

Journal Article · · Oil and Gas Journal
OSTI ID:99298
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  1. Southwest Petroleum Inst., Nanchong (China)

A sucker rod pump can efficiently dewater gas wells if the separation coefficient is sufficiently high. To determine this separation coefficient, it is not sufficient to only know if the system meets the criteria of rod string stress, horsehead load, and crankshaft torque. This paper reviews water production and gas locking problems at the Sichuan gas field and identifies the methodologies used to optimize the pumping efficiency of the area wells.

OSTI ID:
99298
Journal Information:
Oil and Gas Journal, Vol. 93, Issue 37; Other Information: PBD: 11 Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English