Runtime performance

Preventing early pulls

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 Objectives:

Youll recognize importance of ESP thrust design

as a function of ESP performance and reliability.
Overview of thrust and how it occurs.
Upthrust and downthrust the real story with
ESPs
How to stay away from trouble.
***Participation and sharing knowledge - Question
time is anytime
 VALUE PROPOSITION
Recap the obvious:
$$$ - > reliability & performance
OPEX & PRODUCTION REVENUE
The early stage of field development - which form of artificial lift?
The ultimate operator measure of how a lift technology and
vendor performs
Reduces operator cost of equipment replacement
Reduces your workover cost (can be as much as $500k - $2M per
workover)
Reduces the cost of lost production (@2000 BOPD = $80K/day, ,
$2.4 MM/month ) assuming $40 / b
Short runs are bad for your stress level, trust me!
 Some Factors that Influence ESP Runlife
& where THRUST fits into the equation

Well conditions - temperature, viscosity, gas, abrasives,

corrosion, solids, scale etc.
***The Product Design - Engineering
Quality of manufacture and testing - Manufacturing
***The right product for each application - Applications
Quality of installation - Field Service
***The operator - it is actually very easy to destroy an ESP
through improper operation
***Mechanical and electrical stress
***Lack of down hole knowledge - Monitoring Systems
***Pulling and failure analysis - Reliability Engineering
 SOME BASICS 1-2-3:

All ESPs are designed to operate in

DOWNTHRUST.
UPTHRUST IS TO BE AVOIDED !
Pearl of Wisdom if operating near the
extreme know your limits and
monitor!
 Pumps are designed to operate in downthrust.
In a fixed stage pump the thrust is handled by the
thrust chamber bearings
In a floater style pump the hydraulic thrust is
controlled by the individual stage diffuser
Various manufacturers have different technologies
examples Centrilift Abrasion Resistant Technology -
Tungsten Carbide bearing support (1:1 AR and
Modular) and Reda - Ceramic Bearing Support.
In a gassy well,
whats the longest
duration your ESP has
operated in upthrust?
What does your O&M
manual tell you about
length of time and
cycles allowed in
upthrust ---
SPECIFICS !
Affects of sand and
gas on operating into
upthrust. 14
 Do your homework
Get your operations people trained and updated!
If in doubt, consider obtaining unbiased non vendor help to
ask the right questions and steer you away from trouble
Design the right applications great performance and
economical solution
KEEP YOUR OPERATION UP AND RUNNING CAPEX
AND OPEX TOPS.
Questions.
Credits: SLB Reda, BHI Centrilift, Canadian Advanced,
Wood Group ESPI.

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