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Design of ESP: - "Unlike Positive-Displacement Pumps, ESP Does Not Displace A
Design of ESP: - "Unlike Positive-Displacement Pumps, ESP Does Not Displace A
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Starting from well inflow performance relationship (IPR),
determine a desirable liquid production rate qLd .
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3: Assuming zero casing pressure and neglecting gas
weight in the annulus, calculate the minimum pump
depth by
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• 4: Select an installation depth (deeper than
the minimum depth). Calculate the pump
suction pressure.
Pump location
Pwf
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• Determine the required pump discharge pressure
based on wellhead pressure, tubing size, flow rate
qLp, and fluid properties.
Pump location
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Pwf
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• Calculate the required pump pressure
differential:
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• From the manufacturer’s pump characteristics curve, read
head per stage required number of stages.
• Determine the total power by multiplying the power per stage
by the number of stages.
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Example ESP Design
• A 10,000-ft-deep well produces 32 API oil with GOR 50 scf/stb and zero
water cut through a 3-in. (2.992-in. ID) tubing in a 7-in. casing.
• The oil has a formation volume factor of 1.25 and average viscosity of 5
cp. Gas-specific gravity is 0.7.
• The surface and bottom-hole temperatures are 70F and 170F, respectively.
• The IPR of the well can be described by the Vogel model with a reservoir
pressure 4,350 psia and AOF 15,000 stb/day.
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Pump suction pressure
Pump location
Pwf
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pump discharge pressure
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