Artificial Lift Automation What is available? What is needed? How do we get there? Cleon Dunham Artificial Lift Research and Development Council (ALRDC)
Why the Questions? What is being developed? Several incremental artificial lift automation developments by Service Companies to support their products Not enough integration across artificial lift technologies Not enough input from Operating Companies No industry-wide coordination Who can lead this? Operating Companies? Service/Supply Companies? Universities? Consultants? Others? Who can coordinate? Where do ideas come from? Who can provide training?
Beam Pumping Current capabilities: Monitoring Alarming, reporting, plotting Control – manual settings* Diagnosis – manual* Calibration – manual* Design – manual* Optimization – manual* Historical – limited* * Some human intervention required Needed capabilities: Monitoring – advanced Alarming – advanced Control – automatic settings Diagnosis – automatic Calibration – automatic Design – automatic Optimization – automatic Proposals – automatic Integration with historical Knowledge sharing
Electrical Submersible Pumping Current capabilities: Monitoring Alarming, reporting, plotting Control – limited Control – manual settings* Diagnosis – manual* Calibration – manual* Design – manual* Optimization – manual* Historical – limited* * Some human intervention required Needed capabilities: Monitoring – advanced Alarming – advanced Control – expanded usage Control – automatic settings Diagnosis – automatic Calibration – automatic Design – automatic Optimization – automatic Proposals – automatic Integration with historical Knowledge sharing
Gas-Lift Current capabilities: Monitoring Alarming, reporting, plotting Control – injection set point Allocation – system balance Diagnosis – manual* Design – manual* Optimization – limited Historical – limited* * Some human intervention required Needed capabilities: Monitoring – advanced Alarming – advanced Control – automatic settings Diagnosis – automatic Calibration – automatic Design – automatic Optimization – automatic Optimization – expand scope Proposals – automatic Integration with historical Knowledge sharing
How Do We Get There? Options: Develop by Service Co’s Develop by Operating Co’s Develop by Universities ALRDC or others coordinate effort Role of SPE Artificial Lift TIG’s Workshops Forums Other Other options? How to Get Started: Leave it to individual companies or organizations Hold a “design seminar” Build a consortium Other ideas? Pros and Cons Competition Cost Capabilities Timing
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Interested in Discussing This? Let’s Get Together Let me know and I’ll be happy to meet any time during the Forum to discuss what is needed in more detail Let me know and I’ll be happy to meet any time during the Forum to discuss what is needed in more detail Let’s also discuss other forms of artificial lift and production automation topics and what is needed for them Let’s also discuss other forms of artificial lift and production automation topics and what is needed for them I’m also happy to discuss this any other time, on the phone or by I’m also happy to discuss this any other time, on the phone or by Cleon Dunham Founder, Artificial Lift Research and Development Council Founder, Artificial Lift Research and Development Council ALRDC is an international, non-profit, tax exempt 501(c)6 organization ALRDC is an international, non-profit, tax exempt 501(c)6 organization