Artificial Lift Systems
Artificial lift plays a crucial role in Oil & Gas production, especially in mature oilfield.
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Training Objectives
- Thorough understanding of the fundamentals and the production performance of the various artificial lift methods for offshore application.
- Possess the skills needed to select and design an artificial lift system, plan its operation, monitor, analyze and optimize its performance.
- Be able to manage and control the production of artificial lift wells and fields
- Be able to study and compare the cost between artificial lift systems.
- Real Time data gathering and interpretation
Audiences
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Production Technologists
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Production Engineers
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Operations Engineers
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Field Technicians
- Reservoir Engineers
Instructor
Jeff Kain
Jeff Kain, a Canadian citizen, has worked in the oil industry for more than 40 years and specializes in Production Optimization and Artificial lift. Jeff has worked for operators all over the world, as well as artificial lift equipment suppliers (Schlumberger and Centrilift).
Jeff has spent the last year and a half working on state of the art workflows, for Optimization and Diagnostics of Artificial Lift using Realtime (SCADA) data and is uniquely positioned to teach a course that embraces the latest Optimization technology. This combined with his Artificial Lift knowledge and experience provides course attendees with a unique perspective, from the traditional engineering and operations work processes to the most advanced leading edge Optimization technologies in the world.
Jeff was the Lead Instructor for the global Schlumberger Artificial Lift Production Optimization courses which also included design, diagnostics and operations modules. This course is recognized as a pre-requisite for development & training for Production Engineers in the Oil industry. He has delivered Production, Operations & Artificial Lift Courses in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, USA, Canada, Russia, France, UK, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, Indonesia, China, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, India, Australia and Sudan.
As well as being a subject matter expert in artificial lift, Jeff has a good overall grounding in Production Technology gained while working with Imperial Oil, Exxon’s Canadian affiliate, as Production / Operations Engineer in his early career. This combined with his working knowledge of multi-national company corporate management, budget management, economics and organizational development and training provides a unique understanding of how oil companies conduct their day to day business. He has lived and worked on artificial lift and operations projects in Russia, China, North America, Middle East and South America including Offshore Platforms in Africa and Australia.
As a global consultant, he has vast experience world wide. To name a few, his major projects include:
- Russia - Led a multi-disciplined team to review ESP operations in four (4) business units for a major Russian company. This review included analyzing Application Engineering methodologies, Equipment Selection strategies, Design strategies, field installation procedures, and Repair/Assembly Facilities procedures.
- North Sea - Conducted a review of Artificial Lift of three (3) green fields the primary lift type focus on Gas Lift & ESP.
- Canada - Analyzed Abrasion Resistant technology including Equipment Selection, Design, Slurry loop Testing and the development of operation procedures.
Some of his clients include: Halliburton / KOC, Pemex, Apache Corporation, Encana / VAALCO, Schlumberger Completions Courses, Schlumberger DCS, etc.
Daily Aims
- Course Instructor’s Background
- Participant’s Background and Goals to Obtain from the Course
- Phase envelop for reservoir fluid
- Black Oil parameters: characteristics with pressure change
- PVT correlations and applicability
- PVT correlation matching
- Darcy Law: single phase and multi-phase flow
- Liner PI
- Vogel and Vogel corrected for water equation
Multiphase flow
- Pressure loss equation in pipe
- Slip holdup phenomenon
- Multi-phase flow correlations and applicability
- Multi-phase flow correlation matching
Artificial Lift comparisons
- Critical parameters affecting artificial lift type
- Artificial lift type and limits
- Traditional methods
- Use of discharge pressure
- Process where discharge pressure is not available
Overview of Gas Lift
- Understanding fluid mechanics, fluid properties and gas lift principles
- Installation Types
- Total Systems
- Optimum Design
- Fluid Operated Valves vs Casing Pressure Operatio
- Installation Types
- Continuous Flow
- Intermittent Lift
- ESP Components
- Multisensors
- Design and Selection using Artificial Lift Design Software
- Installation / Operation
- Solids
- Scale
- Corrosion
- Monitoring
- Trend analysis case studies
- Exercise
- Overview
- Surveillance Methodology
- Architecture and Control
- Workflow GUI Integration
- Integrated Asset Optimization
- Production Chemistry
- Planning
- Inventory
- Redundancy
- Logistics
- Loadout
- Types available
- Advantages / Disadvantages
Training Schedule
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Why Choose This Training
Credibility
Align with API/ASME standards. Trusted by major operators.
Expert Instructors
Led by industry veterans with real field experience.
Real Case Studies
Practical application of concepts through real world scenarios.
Practical Skills
Hands on calculations and decision making for FFS outcomes.
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Delivered to Aramco, ADNOC, SABIC, and other major operators.
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