Sucker-Rod Pumping Handbook : Production Engineering Fundamentals and Long-Stroke Rod Pumping / Gabor Takacs.

Sucker-Rod Pumping Handbook presents the latest information on the most common form of production enhancement in today's oil industry, making up roughly two-thirds of the producing oilwell operations in the world. The book begins with an introduction to the main features of sucker rod pumping a...

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Main Author: Takacs, Gabor (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Waltham, MA : Gulf Professional Publishing, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Sucker-RodPumping Handbook: Production Engineering Fundamentalsand Long-Stroke Rod Pumping; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1
  • INTRODUCTION TO SUCKER-ROD PUMPING; 1.1 ARTIFICIAL LIFT METHODS; 1.2 COMPARISON OF LIFT METHODS; 1.3 MAIN FEATURES OF SUCKER-ROD PUMPING; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2
  • A REVIEW OF PRODUCTION ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 PROPERTIES OF OILFIELD FLUIDS; 2.3 BASIC HYDRAULICS; 2.4 INFLOW PERFORMANCE OF OIL WELLS; 2.5 THE BASICS OF NODAL ANALYSIS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3
  • SUCKER-ROD PUMPING SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND THEIR OPERATION.
  • 3.1 introduction3.2 subsurface pumps; 3.3 tubing anchors; 3.4 downhole gas separators (gas anchors); 3.5 the sucker-rod string; 3.6 wellhead equipment; 3.7 pumping units; 3.8 gear reducers; 3.9 v-belt drives; 3.10 prime movers; references; chapter 4
  • calculation of operational parameters; 4.1 introduction; 4.2 early calculation models; 4.3 the api rp 11l method; 4.4 simulation of the rod string's behavior; 4.5 production rate calculations; 4.6 torsional load calculations; 4.7 power requirements of sucker-rod pumping; references; chapter 5
  • the design of the pumping system; 5.1 introduction.
  • 5.2 pumping mode selection5.3 matching pumping rate to well inflow; references; chapter 6
  • the analysis of sucker-rod pumping installations; 6.1 introduction; 6.2 well testing; 6.3 dynamometer surveys; 6.4 interpretation of dynamometer cards; references; chapter 7
  • long-stroke sucker-rod pumping; 7.1 introduction; 7.2 early models; 7.3 the rotaflex pumping unit; 7.4 the dynapump unit; 7.5 conclusions; references; appendices; appendix a
  • static gas pressure gradient chart; appendix b
  • api geometry dimensions of conventional pumping units.
  • APPENDIX C
  • API GEOMETRY DIMENSIONS OF AIR BALANCED PUMPING UNITSAPPENDIX D
  • API GEOMETRY DIMENSIONS OF MARK II PUMPING UNITS; APPENDIX E
  • API GEOMETRY DIMENSIONS OF REVERSE MARK PUMPING UNITS; Index.