Prospects and Evaluation of Progressive Cavity Pump for Niger Delta Field Application | |
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( Volume 5 Issue 8,August 2019 ) OPEN ACCESS | |
Author(s): | |
Udechukwu Mathew C., Ekwueme Stanley T., Ubanozie Obibuike J., Okoro Chijioke I. | |
Abstract: | |
The recent interest in unconventional heavy oils have spurred a lot of interest. Operators seek technical and economically viable means to recover viscous petroleum reserves. Although this has been challenging but recent advancements in drilling and enhanced oil recovery methods have made it possible. The prevalent activity in the Niger delta have been primary and secondary production of the light conventional reserves. Gas lift have generally been applied when the oil that flows to the wellbore lacks sufficient energy to flow to the surface. The choice of gas lift was greatly aided by the availability of large volumes of associated gas coming out from the oil which is notable with Niger Delta ‘foamy’ crudes. However gas lift may be threatened by the increased utilization of gas for other applications due to the emergence of gas monetisation technologies. Furthermore, gas lift will not be practicable in lifting heavy oils from Niger Delta heavy oilfield. Other artificial lift methods such as progressive cavity pumps have been considered. The ability to handle viscous crudes makes progressive cavity pumps (PCP) important in heavy oilfields. Aside that, its lower cost makes it a better alternative when compared to gas lift or electric submersible pumps especially in marginal fields where flowrate are comparatively low and in crudes with high sand contents. In this work progressive cavity pump is analyzed in terms of its technical and economic performance. Production data have been gotten and analyzed with regard to the Niger Delta operating conditions, the results show that PCP pumps hold great potentials for application in the development of the Niger delta heavy oilfield. |
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