Why Automate Rod Pumping Systems
• Balance lifting cost: Produced fluid revenue versus investment cost
• Lower Operability and maintenance costs
• A common SRP application problem:
– Trying to match the dynamic inflow of a well with a fixed displacement rod pump system
– The rate at which fluid enters the wellbore is constantly changing as a well is pumped down and recharged by the reservoir
– Displacement of the installed rod pump system almost never exactly matches the ability of the well to produce fluid
• Under-produced well – SRP system is undersized
• Over-produced well – most common scenario