Enhancing Well Performance in Petroleum Engineering
Well performance is the result of two linked systems: the reservoir delivering fluid to the wellbore, described by the inflow […]
Nodal Analysis: Optimizing Well Performance from Reservoir to Surface
Nodal analysis evaluates a production system by splitting it at a point (the node) and comparing what the reservoir can […]
Beam Pumps: The Workhorse of Artificial Lift Systems
The beam pumping unit converts the rotation of a motor into the reciprocating motion of a sucker rod string that […]
Jet Pumps: No-Moving-Parts Artificial Lift for Tough Wells
A hydraulic jet pump lifts well fluid by momentum transfer. High-pressure power fluid pumped from surface accelerates through a nozzle, […]
Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESPs): Powering Efficient Oil Recovery
An electrical submersible pump (ESP) is a multistage centrifugal pump driven by a downhole electric motor, powered from surface by […]
Gas Lift: Boosting Oil & Gas Production with Smart Artificial Lift
Gas lift is a widely used artificial lift method in petroleum engineering, designed to enhance the production of oil and gas from wells where natural
Drilling Technology Advances: Rotary Steerable Systems, Managed Pressure Drilling, Telemetry and Automation
Drilling performance depends on the whole system: steering, measurements, pressure control, bits, fluids and execution. This guide explains rotary steerable […]
Upstream Emissions and Climate Risk: Methane, Flaring, Emissions Intensity and Physical Risk
For an upstream operator, climate change is first an engineering measurement problem: where the greenhouse gases come from, how much […]
Digital Oilfield Technologies: Digital Twins, Machine Learning and Fiber-Optic Sensing
Digital oilfield technologies change what engineers can see and how fast they can act on it. This article covers the […]
Data Science in Petroleum Engineering: Turning Data into Smart Decisions
Data science in petroleum engineering combines engineering knowledge with statistics and machine learning to extract decisions from logs, tests, production […]