Thursday, October 6, 2016

Techshore: Oil & Gas Artificial Lift : Part 1 - BEAM PUMP

Oil and Gas Artificial Lift
Artificial lift is mainly used for providing an additional energy. In case of oil drilling if the crude oil is not coming outside naturally means we will apply an additional force to pump the oil from the reservoir to the surface area. When the oil pressure reduces and it reaches a bubble point we will think about artificial lifts. They are mainly of four different types. First is beam pump. Here a beam is introduced and it is moving up and down. By this to and forth movement or reciprocating movement of the beam pump it will lift the oil upwards to the surface. The motor and pump are placed on the surface. The second method used in the advanced stage is called as Electrical submersible pumping (ESP). Here the motor and pump are placed inside the reservoir. As the motor operates the oil will enters inside the centrifugal pump by the external pressure which is excreted by the motor. The third method is Progressive cavity pumps (PCP). Here the pump will be inside the tube and the motor will be placed outside. In this method we are increasing the pressure inside the reservoir and pumping out the oil.

No comments:

Post a Comment