Fiberglass sucker rods - a futuristic solution to today's problem wells

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6222025

Treadway, R B; Focazio, K R

A new fiberglass sucker rod design was developed, which incorporated many new and major modifications to correct the problems that had plagued the previous rod. This paper documents the success of these rods in depths ranging from 5,000'-10,000', and production ranges of 150 - 700 barrels of fluid per day. In addition, Amoco had also installed over fifty strings of fiberglass rods in their other four West Texas and Eastern New Mexico districts, and several are being evaluated in East Texas and on the Gulf Coast. At the present time, all of these additional installations show the same success as those reported in this paper. The changes in the manufacturing process, the use of a computer program for performance prediction, and the development of a new load range diagram are also discussed. Final data indicate that, when designed and installed properly, fiberglass sucker rods are a viable, economic, and often preferable alternative to steel sucker rods.

• Research Organization: Amoco Prod Co
• OSTI ID: 6222025
• Report Number(s): CONF-811023-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
42 ENGINEERING
420206 -- Engineering-- Mining & Drilling Equipment & Facilities-- (1980-1989)
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
FIBERGLASS
OIL WELLS
PUMPS
WELLS