Sucker rod pumping is the most common means of artificial lift used by the oil and gas production industry. It is simply a matter of using a positive displacement piston pump to bring produced fluids to the top of the well using a string of sucker rods and a string of tubing.
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Course content
Introduction
The Origine of Petroleum
Basic Exploration
Basic Drilling and Completion
Basic Production Engineering
Artificial Lift Method
The Sucker Rod Pump
The Hydraulic Pump
The Submersible Pump
Gas Lift
Free Piston Lift
Determining The Best Method For The Well
Lease Considerations
Well and Reservoir Analysis
Equipment Parameters
Conclusion
The Sucker Rod Pump Lifting Method
Background And History
Sucker Rod Pumping
The Pumping Unit
The Wellhead
The Polished Rod
The Sucker Rod
The Sucker Rod Pump
Sucker Rod Pump Classifications
API Pump
API Pump Designations
Tubing Pumps
Traveling Barrel, Bottom Hold-Down Insert Pumps
Stationary Barrel, Bottom Hold-Down Insert Pumps
Stationary Barrel, Top Hold-Down Insert Pumps
Stationary Barrel, Top And Hold-down Insert Pump
Special Pumps
Pump Parts And Fittings
Barrel Tubes
Cages
Plungers
The Axelson “Ring Valve”
Balls and Seats
Other Fittings
Designing the Installation
Analsys of The Well
Selecting The Subsurface Oil Well Pump
Determining the Pump Bore Size
Choosing the Pump Type
Selection of Materials
Beam Pumping
The Dynamometer Card
Determining Favorable Pumping Speeds
Establishing Production Rates
Peak Polished Rod Loads
Maximum Rod Stress
Minimum Polished Rod Load
PolishedRodLoadRange
Peak Torque
Polished Rod Horsepower
Pump and Rod Installation Design
Plunger Slippage and Fits
Designing the Sucker Rod String
Specific Information Required
Sucker Rod String Design Charts
The Rod String Load Ratio
Sucker Rod Couplings
Sucker Rod Coupling Displacement
The Inhibitor Program
Installation, Operating and Trouble Shooting The Pump