INTRODUCTION:

Sometimes in the life of the well it happens that the fluid in the reservoir has sufficient
energy to move itself towards the well bore but it does not have sufficient energy to come up to
the surface. Under such condition, certain methods are used to enhance the energy of the fluid
in the well bore so that it could be produced at the surface. Such methods are called as Artificial
Lift Methods.
The methods include adding gas to the fluid to make it lighter or to pump the fluid from
bottom to the surface.
For analysing any artificial lift method for a well, it is necessary to study the reservoir
capability and piping capability of the well (with and without the pump/ gas lift) and combine them
to find the feasible production rates by these methods.
RESERVOIR CAPABILITY: Reservoir capability is best illustration of IPR of the well, sometimes
also including gas coming from the reservoir in the well.
PIPING CAPABILITY: It is illustrated by tubing intake curves. Such curves can be drawn for
different methods assuming different flow rates and then finding out bottom hole flowing pressure.