Shell runs 14,500-ft sucker rod completion
Discusses a well in Wyoming's Reno field which features a modified downhole pump, a custom-made polished rod, and a special electric motor. String design was augmented by Shell's RodCal computer program that calculates load, stress, torque, horsepower requirements, stroke length, strokes per minute, and rod length and number. The pump is a 1 1/4-in. RHBM (API Spec. 11AX-B12) with an 11/16-in. valve rod. The polished rod is 30-ft long with a 1 1/2 diam, with a shoulder at the bottom and a conventional end at the top. The steel tapered rod string is a binary construction, run in 25-ft sections. The length of the string presented problems on the surface. To avoid midstring shock loading, Shell used an ultrahigh slip motor which slows from 1,170 to approximately 800 rpm on the downstroke to allow the string time to synchronize before starting the upstroke. The 70 b/d rate is expected to increase as the Reno field is under waterflood.
- OSTI ID:
- 6185847
- Journal Information:
- Pet. Eng. Int.; (United States), Vol. 54:15
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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