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SpecialReport: Artificial Lift Technology
With that goal in mind, Meier says
the company is developing AI-assisted
tools that can guide artificial lift systems
based not only on technical factors, but
also on macro ones such as the price of
oil and real-time energy costs. He says
this step forward will help operators meet
goals for well production and ultimately
return on investment.
The challenge for remote management
software is the same as always: to convert
massive volumes of data into useful information,
Meier says. With the earliest
systems, he recounts, data on well behavior
and output had to be combined
from four or five sources before analysis.
Modern software turns real-time data
from SCADA systems, such as production,
pressure and pump status, into useful
information for day-to-day operations.
For example, the company's platform
for rod lift systems places key metrics
on control room dashboards to allow
staff to make important decisions and
tweak operations in seconds.
Today, Meier says the system can
leverage historical information to create
accurate facsimiles of data that is not
available immediately. " We are able to
benchmark data that is not available in
real time back into a broader scheme of
automated datasets for validation, " he explains.
" And this bigger picture, with the
analysis connecting it all together, is what
delivers results that would be impossible
to get with traditional SCADA or regular
data acquisition systems that are missing
the subject matter expertise for the analysis
and interpretations. "
Ben Gully, chief technologist for SPOC Grid Inverter Technologies, reviews hybrid energy
systems designed to help artificial lift equipment stay on through brief power interruptions
that can lead to lengthy downtime. Because they only need to provide backup power for
a minute or two, SPOC says the systems improve reliability at an attractive cost.
Following its acquisition of Artificial
Lift Performance Ltd., Meier continues,
ChampionX is extending its platform to
include similar software capabilities for
electric submersible pumps and gas lift
systems. To help production teams optimize
their time, the ESP/gas lift optimization
platform allows engineers to
manage by exception by reviewing which
wells are performing above par, at par or
below par, Meier mentions, adding that
it can highlight production drops or pressure
changes that may warrant attention.
Power Preserver
In the Permian Basin and elsewhere,
exploration and production companies
are relying more on electricity to powerartificial
lift and other operations. However,
even the briefest power disruptions from
utilities quickly switching transmission
lines can cost companies production and
revenue.
Such interruptions may only last a
second or two, but actual downtime can
be much longer because a power flicker
can turn off an ESP or other electric
pump, explains Ted Wilke, president of
SPOC Automation.
With the pump off, fluid in the vertical
As platforms for managing artificial lift systems evolve, they are getting better at
highlighting critical information and automating complex optimizations. According to
ChampionX, such automation soon will consider external factors, such as commodity
prices and electricity costs.
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column falls back to the bottom of the
well, causing the ESP to spin backward
in the process. Restarting the pump before
this backspin stops can break the pump
shaft, Wilke cautions, meaning production
can be delayed as long as an hour. If the
well normally produces 5,000 barrels a
day, that hour of downtime can cost 200
barrels of production and corresponding
revenue, he estimates.
To keep equipment running through
short outages, the Trussville, Al.-based
company has developed a backup power
solution that relies on either capacitors,
which discharge quickly, or lithium-ion
batteries, which provide longer-lasting
power. Housed in a cabinet smaller than
a typical variable speed drive, the solution
is connected to the drive's DC segment
to maintain an ample charge. Usually,
the battery pack stores a few kilowatt
hours of power, Wilke details.
" We are not talking about running a
100-horsepower motor for two hours, "
he notes. " We would need a huge battery
for that. We are talking about 30 seconds
or a minute, maybe even two minutes of
power as a backup system. "

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