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SPE Artificial Lift Conference and Exhibition-Americas
20-22 Aug 2024
Galveston, TX, USA
SPE Middle East Artificial Lift Conference and Exhibition
29-30 October 2024
Manama, Bahrain
SPE is firmly focused on the future of our industry. Here, our member experts focus on artificial lift. Join in the discussion of new technologies, challenges and opportunities, the latest news and developments, and opportunities to grow your knowledge.
Latest Artificial Lift News: Journal of Petroleum Technology
Artificial Lift-2024
01 March 2024
The papers described here focus on novel unconventional horizontal downhole pump card signatures, carbon reduction through alternative energy to pump wells, and predicting downhole-discharge pressure of ESPs.
7 Industry Leaders Share Their Insights on the Past, Present, and Future of Artificial Lift
01 March 2024
Longtime leaders in artificial lift discuss and share their insights on the rapidly evolving segment’s past, present, and future.
Artificial Lift: 25 Years of Change Tracked in the Pages of JPT
01 March 2024
The world of artificial lift has witnessed a remarkable revolution over the past 25 years, with many of the events and technology trends recorded in the Journal of Petroleum Technology.
Experts Give Career Advice for Future Artificial Lift Professionals: “Do Not be Scared to Try Something Different”
01 March 2024
There will always be a need for good artificial lift engineers. So, what should the next generation of its professionals be trying to pursue?
Hydrohelical ESP Gas Separator Increases Flow Range, Improves Reliability
01 March 2024
This paper discusses a new type of mechanical gas separator for electrical submersible pump systems that increases operating flow range and separation efficiency while decreasing erosion problems and improving reliability.
Artificial Neural Networks Predict Discharge Pressures of ESPs
01 March 2024
This paper presents an approach using artificial neural networks to predict the discharge pressure of electrical submersible pumps.
THE FUNDAMENTALS
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Webinars
Artificial Lift Life Cycle & Optimization: Why a life cycle approach for artificial lift is worth considering from the field development stage.
Plunger Lift: Opportunity, Optimization and Opposition: How plunger lift fits in the toolbox of artificial lift alternatives, the potential for uplift through optimization and how to overcome the barriers to achieving the full potential.
Artificial Lift Management and Adoption on New Technologies and Digitalization: A roadmap of adopting artificial lift management through digitalization, due to the complexity of downhole operations and costs.
API and ISO Standards for Artificial Lift: API and ISO standards published for artificial lift, including the status and development, and practical uses to improve artificial lift systems.
Training Courses
Artificial Lift: The scientific and realities foundation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and its true application in Reservoir Engineering used for CCS.
Basics of Artificial Lift Systems: The evolving regulatory and legal frameworks that will govern Green House Gases (GHG) and the emerging field of CCS.
Artificial Lift and Production Optimization Solutions: Artificial lift solutions and related production optimization concepts.
Data Analytics for Artificial Lift: Techniques and workflows applied to artificial lift and production with business use cases.
Deeper Dive: Trending Papers and Proceedings from OnePetro©
- Artificial Lift System Applications for Thermally Developed Offshore Heavy Oil Reservoirs
- Comprehensive Review of Artificial Lift System Applications in Tight Formations
- Production Optimization of a Large Network of Oil Wells with Electrical Submersible Pumps as the Artificial Lift System
- Artificial Lift System Applications in Tight Formations: The State of Knowledge
- An Intelligent Artificial Lift Technology and its Trial in Middle East: Integration of Remote Wireless Control and Artificial Automation for Zonal Water Injection
- A Case Study in Production Enhancement Through Installation of Optimum Artificial Lift Technology
- First Digital Intelligent Artificial Lift Production Optimization Technology in UAE Dual-String Gas Lift Well – Completion and Installation Considerations
Discussing New Opportunities
Energizing Our Lives: How to Have a Successful Career in Artificial Lift Engineering
2020 SPE President Shauna Noonan talks with Artificial Lift experts Anthony Allison and Greg Stephenson about how they got into the industry.
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