Objectives

Prerequisite

Familiarity with Petroleum Engineering concepts is desirable but not an absolute necessity. Students and Professionals are welcome to join the course and learn about the upstream production engineering domain.

Program Outlines

DAY 1
-Petroleum Production System
-Properties of Oil and Gas
-Reservoir and Well Deliverability Performance
-Inflow Performance Relationship and  Outflow Performance

DAY 2

Overview of Artificial Lift Methods.

- Beam Pumping
-ESP
-Plunger lift
-Gas Lift
Advantages and disadvantages of the different
artificial lift methods.
Artificial lift screening
-Selection criteria of the lift system.

DAY 3

Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP)

ESP components

Downhole components

- Surface components

ESP Design

- calculations

DAY 4

Sucker Rod Pump (SRP)

Rod Pump Components and functions

Dynamometer cards Interpretation

SRP design

- calculations

Troubleshooting

Day 5 

GAS LIFTS

Components

Mechanism

Gas Lift design

- calculations

Limitations

Day 6

Plunger lift

- Components

-Mechanism

Plunger lift design

-calculations

Day 7

Basics of Economics for Artificial Lift Systems

Case Study- selection of artificial lift based on economics