The Industry Challenge: Progressing Cavity Pumps (PCPs) were a new form of artificial lift that was introduced in Cold Heavy Oil Production (CHOPS) operations in the mid-eighties. These pumps were well suited to operating in wells producing high viscosity fluids with significant quantities of suspen ...
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The Industry Challenge: Pipeline regulators are requesting more rigorous, quantitative models to increase traceability, objectivity and consistency of risk assessments. This includes incorporating various engineering models that account for the uncertainties inherent in the analysis such as measurem ...
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The Industry Challenge: Various mechanisms can cause deformations of a well casing that can inhibit well access and in severe circumstances, affect the pressure integrity of the casing and the zonal isolation of the well cement. Deformation mechanisms can include salt creep, reservoir compaction, mo ...
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