Artificial Lift Reliability Performance Analysis

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Disciplines: Production and Operations

Course Description

This course is designed to give attendees a better understanding of the steps to take and considerations to keep in mind when conducting an artificial lift reliability performance analysis. This course covers the typically analysis life-cycle of defining an appropriate problem statement, collecting and cleaning required field and equipment data, selecting the appropriate analysis metrics, performing the analysis, and finally reviewing and interpreting the analysis results. Case studies and examples will be provided to help illustrate and support the course material.
Topics covered include:
-    Defining a good reliability analysis problem statement;
-    Considerations for collecting and cleaning artificial lift production, equipment, and failure data;
-    Review of important reliability theory as it applies to artificial lift systems;
-    Discussion of common metrics used for estimating artificial lift run-life performance; and
-    Discussion of data analysis considerations and common analysis biases and pitfalls.
This course is based on knowledge, information and experience gained through two major joint industry projects conducted over the last 25 years.

Learning Level

Introduction to intermediate

Course Length

1-day

Why Attend

This course will provide attendees with the skills to conduct a reliability performance analysis in order to gain insight into equipment performance and support production optimization decisions. Attendees will gain an understanding of how to approach a reliability analysis in a systematic manner and how to carefully review results to ensure they are representative of actual system reliability performance.

Who Attends

Engineers, field operators, completion and production technologists, and the staff of equipment manufacturers and vendors who are interested in digging deeper into the recommended steps to take and considerations to keep in mind when conducting an artificial lift reliability performance analysis.

CEUs

.8 CEU's are awarded for this 1-day course

Cancellation Policy

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