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ARTIFICAL LIFT 2006
Production enhancing tools you can use to extend the run-life, improve the economics and boost the efficiency of your artificial lift systems
• 21-22 February 2006 • Jakarta, Indonesia •
• CONFERENCE DAY ONE • 21 FEBRUARY 2006 •
IMPROVE THE ECONOMICS OF YOUR ARTIFICIAL LIFT INVESTMENTS
· Reduce the complexity of your artificial lift system to minimize costs and avoid future problems
· The interrelationship between OPEX, CAPEX and run-life, and how you can optimise them
· What different models can you use to justify investment in ESPs, PCPs, HSPs, jet pumps, rod pumps, gas lift, etc.?
PLANNING, DESIGN AND TROUBLE-SHOOTING TO ENHANCE ARTIFICIAL LIFT PROJECTS
· Steps you can take to build flexibility into your design process to account for future uncertainties
· The role of software in the design phase to allow you to build a comprehensive model of the well, reservoir, completion, and the operating conditions before you design
· Integrated scenario planning for extended run-life
PROVEN TOOLS YOU USE TO OPTIMISE YOUR EXISTING SELECTION PROCESSES
· Effectively using your well-bore productivity index and your reservoir data as a key selection criteria
· Considering pressure, maintenance and temperature in making your selection
· Applying the range of differing techniques to differing well environments – what new applications of existing and new technologies do you need to know about?
INVESTIGATION, DEFINITION AND REMEDIAL ACTION TO REDUCE FAILURE COST
· How are failures identified, what remedial actions can you plan, and how do they work?
· What intervention steps can be taken to understand the failure mechanism?
· Completing with an ESP with a gas lift backup to minimise the cost of equipment failure
IMPROVE AND EXTEND THE RUN-LIFE OF YOUR ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS
· Extend life through working with service companies to perfect the application of the equipment
· Understanding that long run-life with optimum efficiency is crucial and taking steps to ensure both
· Other simple and cost-effective tools you can use to prolong the time between commission and failure
HOW EFFECTIVE FORWARD PLANNING CAN MINIMIZE LIFECYCLE WORKOVER COST
· How, by carefully monitoring efficiency, you can anticipate equipment failure and combine workover activities to reduce costs
· Artificial lift forward planning as a means of shifting the economic picture and dramatically reducing OPEX
· Practical steps you can take to reduce workover costs and optimise production from your artificial lift equipment
FRESH NEW APPROACHES TO APPLY ARTIFICIAL LIFT IN MATURE FIELDS
· The importance of artificial lift in protecting base production and core revenue to feed new projects
· Using artificial lift to maintain competitive lifting cost compared with other projects
· Inexpensive options you can apply to a mature basin
BALANCING CAPEX AND OPEX USING INNOVATIVE CONTRACTING STRATEGIES
· Sharing risks and rewards to allow you to apply effective but expensive new technology
· The importance of building flexibility into your contracting agreement
· How keeping things simple can eliminate problems from start to finish
SELECTING THE BEST ARTIFICIAL LIFT METHODS FOR YOUR FIELD
· Best practice in selecting the artificial lift technique which offers the highest value
· Effectively using your new and existing data as a key selection criteria to implement artificial lift
· Considering pressure, maintenance and temperature in making your selection
· Applying the range of differing techniques to differing well environments – what new applications of existing and new technologies do you need to know about?
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• CONFERENCE DAY ONE • 22 FEBRUARY 2006 •
IMPLEMENTING AN INEXPENSIVE AND EFFECTIVE, GAS LIFT OPTIMIZATION PROGRAMME
· Tools you can use to maximize production
· Optimizing the design and the operational aspects of your gas lift operations
· Avoiding well problems and identifying opportunities to improve gas lift performance with real-time wellhead surveillance
GAS LIFT INTEGRITY AND MAINTAINENCE
· What is the best distribution of gas lift injection gas throughout your production system?
· Gas lift repair and retro-fit in mature offshore fields
· How you can monitor and control gas lift wells by collecting and displaying data from multiple gas lifted wells
CONVERTING YOUR GAS LIFT TO ESP
· Justifying the high cost of the ESP equipment
· Reduce risk by running an ESP system together with gas lift backup
· What diagnostic and advisory computer programmes are there to assist ESP installation?
· Using a gas lift workover as a low-cost opportunity for an ESP conversion
PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMPS AS A MEANS OF LIFTING FROM HEAVY OIL ENVIRONMENTS
· The advantages and disadvantages of PCPs and jet pumps for lifting heavy oil
· Can these methods be operated in a variety of well environments?
· PCP as a means to reduce installation costs and OPEX
JUSTIFYING YOUR ESP INVESTMENTS TO OPTIMIZE PRODUCTION
· Gas lift versus ESPs for your projects
· What are the benefits and drawbacks of ESP application and how can you maximize the former and minimize that latter?
· Managing future costs and improve ESP project economics
REAL-TIME COMPUTER AIDED ARTIFICIAL LIFT OPTIMIZATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU
· What automated artificial lift optimisation systems are on the market and how can they help you?
· Establishing a remotely operated lift optimisation programme for unmanned facilities
· How can you persuade your management to invest in this new approach to optimise production?
· The benefits and value of real-time artificial lift optimisation
APPLYING NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUR ARTIFICIAL LIFT PROJECT
· How applicable and user friendly is the new technology coming onto the market
· Can new technology be cost-effectively applied to mature fields where CAPEX is limited
· What innovative contracting strategies are available to improve the economics of investment in new technologies
EFFECTIVE ARTIFICIAL LIFT OPERATIONS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS
· Ensuring that your design and selection process takes into account the extremes of your operating environment
· Materials choices to allow you to optimize your HT artificial lift operations
· The importance of regular monitoring, testing and maintenance in maximizing HT lift system run-life
OVERCOMING THE ARTIFICIAL LIFT CHALLENGES POSED BY SAND AND WATER PRODUCTION
· The use of expandable sand screen to prolong ESP run-life in a mature field with severe sand production problems
· Applying flexibility in your initial design to allow for the onset of water cut and sand production
· Combining a downhole water separation system with an ESP installation to minimise the cost of surface water handling
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP A: GAS LIFT OPTIMISATION
WORKSHOP B: ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (ESP)
WORKSHOP C: RUN LIFE EXTENSION
WORKSHOP D: PROGRESSING CAVITY PUMP (PCP) OPTIMISATION
If you have any comments regarding this draft please contact
Rizal Hafidz Rahman, Tel: +65 6722 9384, E-mail: