ESP Teardown and Root Cause Failure Analysis

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Disciplines: Production and Operations

Course Description

This advanced course is intended for artificial lift and production professionals currently working with or managing ESPs. The teardown (or dismantle) of the ESP is the final phase of an ESP’s operation, but one that can give the most information on how the ESP performed during its life. Additionally, and maybe more importantly, the teardown and subsequent analysis can tell you why it failed. This key step is not simply taking each component apart, the ESP must be disassembled in a particular order, carefully inspecting for specific failure modes at each step, and, that order may vary with conditions and circumstances.

Learning Objectives:
 

• Types and expectations of ESP teardowns and failure analyses
• How to incorporate failure analysis into daily operations
• Who should participate in the failure analysis process
• ESP failure modes caused by various operating conditions
• Vendor nomenclature and procedures for failure analysis
• Determining root cause

Learning Level

Advanced

Course Length

1 Day

Why Attend

To gain a better understanding of the teardown process and how to use teardown data to assign a failure root cause.

Who Attends

Artificial lift or production professionals who already deal with daily ESP operations or continuous improvement.

Special Requirements

Students should have an existing understanding of ESP equipment and operations.

CEUs

0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are awarded for this 1-day course.

Additional Resources

This course has a supplemental book located in our SPE Bookstore entitled Electric Submersible Pumps (Digital Edition). Please check out this valuable resource!

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.

Training sessions attached to SPE conferences and workshops follow the cancellation policies stated on the event information page. Please check that page for specific cancellation information.

SPE reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule courses at will. Notification of changes will be made as quickly as possible; please keep this in mind when arranging travel, as SPE is not responsible for any fees charged for cancelling or changing travel arrangements.

We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.

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