ESP PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION BY USING PIPESIM

Abstract

Artificial lift systems are among the most extensively employed production methods. Lift methods are required to facilitate production in wells that cannot produce liquids to the surface under their pressure. One of the important types of artificial lift methods, which is lowers the producing bottom hole pressure on the formation to obtain a higher production rate from the well. It is an efficient and reliable method for lifting moderate to high volumes of fluids from wellbores. This study aims to design & Simulate an Electrical submersible pump by using PIPESIM software also to change WC, GOR and Tubing size to observe the effects of each one of them on the ESP design and on production system. The input data from the Nafoora oil field that is operated by the Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) a subsidiary of the state owned national oil corporations (NOC).