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If you have a well designed to produce 1000 barrels per day and it only produces 800 barrels, how do you determine why? More importantly, can you understand how to remedy the issue and gain the additional 200 barrels? And then, can further production gains be achieved?
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This blog will discuss the questions that every unconventional operator wants to have answered, “which artificial lift method should I use?” and “when should I change lift method?”
Automation, digitalization, machine learning and analytics are seen as the panacea for our industry. But how do we accomplish this?
Here’s an interesting question …who’s leading the digital transformation of your company? Consider these possible answers for your organization:
- Your CEO
- Your CTO
- Your CIO
- Covid-19
Would you like to increase ESP runlife? I think the answer for most operators would be a resounding ‘yes’, especially in a low oil price environment.
The goal with ESPs (or, for that matter, any other artificial lift method) is runlife extension. Driving extended runlife significantly reduces artificial lift cost and Lease Operating Expense (LOE). This article will provide an overview of what we need to do differently to increase the runlife and reliability of ESPs.